'Will exercise full sovereignty over Hormuz': Iran defiant as US continues strikes

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the "end of America's evils". It further warned that other oil and gas export routes serving the interests of the US and its allies could also be shut.Iran has also ruled out seeking fresh negotiations with the United States, insisting it will maintain control over the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz despite renewed American military action and a reimposed blockade on Iranian ports.Speaking on state-run television on Tuesday, deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Tehran would not be the first to return to talks after accusing Washington of derailing the US-Iran memorandum of understanding through its military actions.Gharibabadi said he had told a European foreign ministry official that Iran had not abandoned diplomacy and that it was the US that had disrupted the negotiation process.“Any assumption that increased pressure or military action could force Iran to seek talks…