Iran has outlined seven conditions that must be met before negotiations can begin with the United States, according to Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
In a post on X, Rezaei said Tehran had delivered a clear message to Washington, arguing that the US must recognise Iran’s rights and accept its conditions if it wants to avoid becoming more deeply involved in the situation it has created. Middle East Eye reported his remarks but did not provide a complete list of the seven conditions in the supplied material.
Rezaei’s statement followed comments he made to Al Jazeera hours earlier. He told the broadcaster that Iran had communicated to the United States, through Qatar as a mediator, its terms for bringing the war to an end. The conditions he identified included an end to the war on all fronts and the release of frozen assets.
The supplied account refers to another condition only with the beginning of the phrase “a”, leaving that item incomplete. It also does not specify the remaining conditions said to have been presented by Tehran. No further details were provided about the frozen assets, the fronts covered by the proposed end to the war, or how Washington had responded.
Rezaei framed acceptance of Iran’s rights and demands as the only route available to the United States if it wished to extricate itself and prevent further entanglement. His comments linked the prospect of negotiations to the broader conditions Tehran says are necessary for ending the conflict.
Qatar’s role, according to Rezaei’s account to Al Jazeera, was to carry the Iranian conditions to the US. The material did not state when the message was transmitted, whether discussions had already taken place, or whether any formal negotiating process had been arranged.
The announcement indicates that Tehran is publicly presenting talks as conditional rather than immediate. However, without the full list of seven demands or a reported US response, the scope of any possible negotiations and the prospects for their start remain unspecified in the available account.
Reporting attribution: based on reporting by Middle East Eye — original source: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/irans-security-chief-says-seven-conditions-announced-talks-begin.