Iran has dismissed reports that it accepted a Qatari proposal to resume shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, with state-affiliated media showing vessels waiting for Tehran’s go-ahead to transit the strategic waterway.

Footage aired Sunday by the semiofficial Fars news agency purported to show ships ‘waiting for permission’ from Iranian authorities to pass through the strait, according to africanews.com.

Fars quoted a source in Iran’s negotiating team as saying Tehran will not grant permission to reopen the strait while the United States continues its hostile actions. The agency stressed that the waterway remains closed and any passage is possible only at the will of Iran’s Armed Forces.

The denial comes as US President Donald Trump claimed that Middle East allies had reached the parameters of a deal to end the five-month-old war, which began after the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.

In a Saturday evening social media post, Trump said the emerging deal would include the ‘Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT’ and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat. He said he had agreed to cancel an attack ‘subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL.’

Trump has announced halts to strikes on Iran several times since the February 28 attack, only for fighting to resume. Iran’s defense minister responded on X that the country was ‘neither surprised nor passive’ and remains alert to concrete US threats.

The Strait of Hormuz is a vital chokepoint for global oil shipments, and its closure has raised concerns about energy markets and regional stability. Iran’s insistence on keeping it closed underscores the fragility of any diplomatic efforts amid ongoing hostilities.

As of now, no agreement has been reached, and the waterway remains closed, with tankers reportedly waiting for permission that Tehran shows no sign of granting.