Iran insists on US Concessions before opening the Strait of Hormuz. Security Chief of Iran, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, has issued a list of demands for the US to fulfill before Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Published by state media, the list includes measures such as lifting the US naval blockade, withdrawing military forces and permanently ending the war. Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Zolghadr, also called for the US to compensate Iran for damage caused by the conflict and release frozen Iranian assets.