{"text":[[{"start":13.9,"text":"The Strait of Hormuz will not fully reopen and remains under Tehran’s “strict control”, Iran said, after Donald Trump said the US would maintain its blockade on Iranian ports."}],[{"start":24.6,"text":"The Khatam al-Anbiya Central Command Headquarters, Iran’s top military leadership, said Washington had a “history of repeatedly failing to meet commitments” and had “continued its maritime piracy under the so-called blockade”."}],[{"start":38.6,"text":"“As a result, control of the Strait of Hormuz has reverted to its previous state, and the strait is now under the full management and strict control of the armed forces,” it said. "}],[{"start":49.25,"text":"Trump responded by warning Iran not to “blackmail” the US over the Strait of Hormuz."}],[{"start":54.85,"text":"“They wanted to close up the strait again, you know, as they’ve been doing for years, and they can’t blackmail us,” the US president said at the White House. "}],[{"start":63.2,"text":"But he said ceasefire talks with Iran were “going actually along very well”."}],[{"start":68.4,"text":"Trump had claimed on Friday that Iran had made a series of concessions on its nuclear programme, but Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s top negotiator and wartime leader, said on Saturday that the US president had “raised seven claims in one hour and all seven were false”."}],[{"start":86.4,"text":"“With such lies, they did not achieve victory on the battlefield and will certainly get nowhere in the negotiations,” Ghalibaf said on X. “With the continuation of the blockade, the Strait of Hormuz will not be reopened.”"}],[{"start":98.65,"text":"The statements from Iran’s military and political leaders will deepen uncertainty over whether vessels can transit the strategic waterway, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes."}],[{"start":111.85000000000001,"text":"On Saturday, UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said that a tanker in the strait had been fired on by two gunboats belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. "}],[{"start":123.9,"text":"According to radio messages shared with the Financial Times, but not independently verified, and one person with knowledge of the situation, an Indian-owned crude oil tanker called Sanmar Herald had permission from the IRGC to transit the strait."}],[{"start":137.55,"text":"Seafarers on board the ship can be heard shouting “Mayday” and saying “you gave me clearance to go” over the radio. The Sanmar Herald has now turned around, according to ship tracking data."}],[{"start":148.20000000000002,"text":"A separate container ship belonging to CMA-CGM was hit in the Strait, according to a UKMTO notice and one person with knowledge of the ship. The strike caused damage to some containers but “no fires” were reported, UKMTO said. "}],[{"start":163.15,"text":"CMA-CGM, a French company, declined to comment. "}],[{"start":168.35,"text":"The majority of the other vessels that had been transiting the strait on Saturday have also turned back into the Gulf. A handful of ships, mostly with Middle Eastern or Chinese ownership, had managed to transit overnight."}],[{"start":181.65,"text":"Oil and gas prices tumbled on Friday following declarations by Trump and Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi that the strait would fully open after the US pressured Israel to accept a 10-day truce in its war against Hizbollah in Lebanon. "}],[{"start":196.70000000000002,"text":"The Israeli-Hizbollah war had been a source of tension between the US and Iran, as Tehran insisted it should be part of the 14-day ceasefire it agreed with Washington last week. "}],[{"start":207.10000000000002,"text":"The dispute led Iran to refuse to allow the free flow of vessels through the strait — Trump’s core condition of the ceasefire. He then ordered the US Navy to blockade Iranian ports, which he said would continue despite Araghchi’s statement that the strait would be “completely open” to commercial vessels for the duration of the US-Iran ceasefire, which expires late on Tuesday. "}],[{"start":228.05,"text":"Tehran’s ability to restrict the flow of tankers through the strait has triggered the biggest global energy crisis in decades."}],[{"start":235.4,"text":"Iran’s military said on Saturday that it would not fully reopen the strait “unless the US agrees to fully ensure the freedom of passage for vessels” travelling to and from Iran."}],[{"start":247.05,"text":"Trump on Friday had signalled that the US was close to agreeing a deal with Iran to end their more than seven-week war. He claimed that Iran had agreed to suspend its nuclear programme indefinitely and hand over its stockpile of highly enriched uranium. "}],[{"start":262.3,"text":"But his comments sparked outrage among hardline factions in Iran who demanded an explanation from authorities that prompted denials from Tehran. "}],[{"start":271.3,"text":"“Iran’s enriched uranium is not meant to go anywhere,” Esmail Baghaei, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, told state television. “Just as Iran’s soil is sacred to us, this issue is equally important.”"}],[{"start":285.15000000000003,"text":" Ghalibaf reiterated that only routes designated by Iran and approved by the guards could be used."}],[{"start":292.15000000000003,"text":"On Friday, Trump had said that the US and Iran could hold another round of talks within days. "}],[{"start":298.05,"text":"But Iran’s deputy foreign minister said on Saturday that no date had been set for the next round of negotiations, and would not be until a framework was agreed by both sides."}],[{"start":307.7,"text":"Saeed Khatibzadeh said everything “was still in flux” and Iran did not “want to enter into any negotiation or meeting which is doomed to failure, which can be pretext for another round of escalation”."}],[{"start":320.05,"text":"Additional reporting by John-Paul Rathbone in Istanbul"}],[{"start":332.9,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1776523080_2886.mp3"}