Tehran: Iran has conveyed seven conditions to the United States through Qatar for resuming negotiations to end the ongoing war, while Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei warned that Tehran is prepared for a “decisive war” if Washington rejects its demands.
He made the claims in an interview with Al Jazeera as regional mediators stepped up efforts to revive diplomacy between the two countries. “We remain in contact with the mediator Qatar, which has conveyed our conditions to Washington with the aim of ending the war. Tehran’s message is clear and unambiguous: if Washington wants to escape the quagmire it has created for itself and avoid getting further entangled in it, it has no choice but to accept Iran’s rights and conditions,” he wrote. Islamabad has played a role in the mediation effort for months. Rezaei also addressed Iran’s nuclear policy. China has also called for diplomacy. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Iran and the Unite States this week to exercise restraint and return to the interim agreement reached in June. Beijing has also called for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, an important route for global energy supplies. The diplomatic activity comes ahead of the UN General Assembly’s High-Level Week in New York, where the United States has approved visas for a core Iranian delegation, including President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
“Iran has announced 7 conditions for starting any negotiations to the US government.
He said Qatar has passed Iran’s conditions to the United States and that Tehran is now waiting for President Donald Trump’s response. We are awaiting President Trump’s response,” Rezaei said. “Our conditions are an end to the war on all fronts, the release of our frozen funds and an end to the naval blockade,” he said. In August, Naqvi said Pakistan and Iran had made progress in talks aimed at reducing the confrontation and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. He said Tehran has not decided to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, although he warned that US actions could push Iran towards such a decision.
Its Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has previously travelled to Tehran for talks with Iranian officials, while Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir has also held talks with Iranian leaders.
