Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, stated that Tehran has ruled out negotiations with the U.S. unless Washington takes concrete steps to meet 7 conditions for ending the conflict. The requirements include the removal of a naval blockade, the lifting of sanctions, the release of frozen Iranian assets, compensation for war damages, and the formal recognition of Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.
The demands coincide with claims from President Donald Trump that the war is “effectively over” and reports from Turkish intelligence that Qatar would host talks between Rezaei and Vice President JD Vance next week. Rezaei dismissed reports of such negotiations as “imaginary” and accused Washington of behaving like a “desperate gambler” that should “fold” its hand in the face of a new regional order in West Asia.
