00:10The ceasefire is over.
00:13This isn't some random hardliner shouting into a microphone.
00:17This is Mohammed Bager Galibaf, Iran's parliament speaker and the country's chief negotiator with Washington.
00:23And what he just said might be the clearest signal yet that this shaky truce is collapsing.
00:30Galibaf didn't mince words.
00:32His message to the U.S., the days of pushing Iran around without consequences, are done.
00:37He put it bluntly, strike Iran, and Iran strikes back.
00:41If you strike, you'll be struck, Galibaf.
00:45He went further, warning Washington to stop what he called pointless escalating moves,
00:50because every one of them just drags the U.S. deeper into a fight it can't win on Iran's terms.
00:56Back in June, the U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding,
01:01basically a roadmap to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz,
01:06the waterway that carries roughly one-fifth of the world's oil and gas.
01:10But this week, it fell apart fast.
01:13Three commercial tankers, including a Qatari LNG carrier, were hit near the strait.
01:18The U.S. blamed Iran.
01:20In response, Washington reimposed oil sanctions it had just lifted,
01:25and CENTCOM launched a massive wave of strikes,
01:28reportedly hitting more than 80 targets across Iran.
01:31Iranian state media reported explosions in Bandar Abbas and the coastal town of Sirik,
01:37with power outages hitting parts of the south.
01:39Iran hit back, too, striking at U.S.-linked military sites in the Gulf.
01:44But strip away the noise, and this whole standoff comes down to one question.
01:50Who controls the Strait of Hormuz?
01:53Iran's position hasn't moved an inch.
01:55Ships pass through Iranian-designated routes, on Iran's terms.
02:00Not international law.
02:01Not U.S. warships.
02:03Iranian arrangements.
02:05Full stop.
02:06Galibov listed off what he called major U.S. violations of the deal,
02:10threatening more strikes, reinstating sanctions, hitting southern Iran directly.
02:15And he added, backing Israeli strikes in Lebanon, too.
02:20Washington's counter-argument,
02:21Iran attacked commercial ships first, breaking the ceasefire itself.
02:26President Trump has said the truce is effectively over,
02:29and warned more strikes could be coming.
02:31This isn't just political theater.
02:34A fifth of the world's oil and gas moves through this strait.
02:37Every escalation sends shipping insurance costs up and oil markets into a panic.
02:43Energy traders and shipping companies are watching every single statement out of Tehran and Washington right now.
02:50And Galibov's rhetoric isn't just for American ears.
02:53It's a message at home, too.
02:55A show of strength for a country that just went through a brutal war,
02:59telling its own people,
03:00We don't fold.
03:02So, is this posturing before both sides quietly go back to the table,
03:06or is the ceasefire really dead?
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