Iran has sent Washington a formal set of conditions for ending its war with the United States through Qatari mediators, Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said in an interview on Saturday. Tehran is awaiting President Donald Trump’s response.
Rezaei said the conditions are an end to the war on all fronts, the release of Iran’s frozen funds and an end to the naval blockade. He also said Iran remains prepared for what he called a decisive war.
Mediators seek to reopen negotiations
Qatar and Pakistan have been working to re-establish negotiations between Iran and the United States since a memorandum of understanding expired last month. Rezaei said the war was still continuing in practical terms, while Tehran was pursuing a strategy intended to end it as soon as possible.
He did not rule out another US strike, describing that possibility as very much on the cards according to Iran’s military assessments. Rezaei said Iran’s planning had shifted toward US naval assets from the Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.
Iran keeps nuclear position under review
Rezaei said Iran had not decided to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, although further sanctions or a referral of its nuclear file to the UN Security Council could push Tehran toward that step. He said Iran’s stated doctrine remains opposed to nuclear weapons and that Tehran continues to honour a religious decree prohibiting them. Read the context: Mohsen Rezaei takes Iran’s top security post amid Hormuz talks.
On regional waterways, Rezaei denied that Iran was involved in Yemen’s war and rejected speculation that Tehran could close the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, calling it a Yemeni matter linked to the conduct of the Houthi movement. He said a possible agreement with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz had been close before being shelved and could require regional endorsement before publication.
What happens next
Tehran is awaiting Trump’s response to the conditions delivered through Qatar, while Qatar and Pakistan continue efforts to revive negotiations.
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