"had no interest in controlling it. Right now, the Iranians want to make sure that they control it in future so that the United States can never again use the Persian Gulf as a platform to attacking our country. The assaults that we saw last night and the night before all came from U.S. bases or were enabled by the U.S. presence in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, the Emirates, and Kuwait. Without its presence in these countries, last night's attacks wouldn't have happened. So as long as the Trump regime and the Zionist regime are a threat to Iran's national security, Iran will maintain a very heavy presence in the Strait of Hormuz. Will Iran still take part in the scheduled peace talks in Pakistan? No, there are no talks scheduled as long as the United States refuses to abide by its commitments and murder Iranians and refrain from carrying out the MOU and end the occupation of southern Lebanon. There's no reason for Iranian senior negotiators to meet American senior negotiators."