US-Iran Tensions: Tehran has warned Washington against a new military operation, saying any US attack on Iran would invite strikes on American bases and interests across West Asia.
Iran has also said it will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz or return to earlier US-Iran negotiations until the United States meets its conditions.
However, the comments do not amount to an announced change in Iran’s nuclear policy. The statements came as US President Donald Trump weighs his next move on Iran and prepares for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. “Our messages and conditions have been conveyed explicitly to the other side through intermediaries… Ghalibaf has also argued that Iran should use both military action and diplomacy. The US president has issued strong warnings to Tehran while also keeping the possibility of direct diplomacy open. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has also travelled to New York with a delegation for the UN meetings. The diplomatic channel has also been accompanied by debate in Iran over its nuclear policy.
Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warned the United States on Sunday (September 20).
He has said he is in “decision-making mode” over Iran and hinted that he could meet Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the UNGA. Carried by the Iranian Republic News Agency (IRNA), the statement said Washington was preparing to resume military action with support from some countries in the region. And until these conditions are met, the inalienable rights of the Iranian nation are recognised and the Americans fulfil their commitments, there will be no possibility of a return to the previous negotiation framework or to reopen the Strait of Hormuz,” said Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. “We must fight rationally and forcefully and negotiate at the appropriate time with authority and reason,” he said, according to Iran International. Rezaei has said Tehran has not changed its declared position against nuclear weapons, while some Iranian lawmakers have called for reconsidering the country’s membership of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
