[Iranian Official: The 'Lock' of the Strait of Hormuz Will Not Open Without Consent] Golden Finance reported on September 3 that, according to news from the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on the 3rd, the Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran, Ebrahim Azizi, stated that the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened without Iran's consent. Azizi emphasized that Iran has demonstrated to the U.S. its ability to transform threats into credible deterrence. Without Iran's consent, the 'lock' of the Strait of Hormuz will not open.