IRGC spokesperson says US must admit defeat and leave the region
The comments come as Tehran's Tuesday deadline for a US answer on reopening the Strait of Hormuz passes unmet
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Map: The Gulf and Hormuz, marking Strait of Hormuz
An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesperson said the United States must admit defeat and exit the region, and called President Trump "a big liar."
The remarks land as a deadline set by Foreign Minister Araghchi for a US answer on reopening the Strait of Hormuz has passed without response. Araghchi has said Tehran and Qatari mediators discussed ways to meet Iran's demands, with ideas to be passed to Washington, but he has also said Washington must want peace or a deal and repeated that the Supreme Leader's terms must be met before Hormuz reopens. Iran's deputy chairman of the National Security Committee has said the United States must accept Iran's terms before talks even start.
Trump has said he did not offer sanctions relief to Iran, contradicting earlier reports of such an offer. Iran's state news reported a blast heard off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, which state TV later said were likely warning shots fired at vessels. Iran's oil exports have collapsed during the standoff, while Saudi Arabia and Iraq have rebounded using routes that avoid Hormuz.
The spokesperson's language hardens Tehran's rhetorical posture rather than opening new negotiating room. It adds no operational threat to shipping and no new information on the nuclear file, but it confirms Iran is not softening ahead of the mediators' deadline, keeping the standoff and the Hormuz-linked risk premium in crude intact. That is modestly bearish for the odds of de-escalation, though it does not meaningfully shift the risk already priced into oil.