Iran issues firm ultimatum to Trump, says no talks until US gives in to demands
TEHRAN, IRAN: Iran has delivered a fresh warning over negotiations with the Trump administration as the standoff surrounding the Strait of Hormuz continues.
A senior Iranian official said on Saturday, September 12, that Tehran will not return to the negotiating table unless Washington agrees to its conditions.
The statement comes after Iranian officials laid out a sweeping list of demands tied to the conflict and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Ebrahim Azizi, head of parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said Iran would not enter negotiations with the United States unless Washington accepted all of Tehran's conditions.
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"There will be no negotiations as long as the United States does not accept…
Iran refuses negotiations with the US
Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of Iran’s parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, made Tehran’s position clear: Iran will not return to negotiations with the US unless Washington first agrees to all of its demands.
“As long as the American side does not accept all of Iran's conditions, dialogue and negotiation are of no use,” Azizi wrote on X.
He then doubled down on the message, declaring: “No negotiations. Until Iran’s terms are met, talks are futile.”
Azizi did not spell out the conditions in his latest statement.
However, Iranian officials have previously detailed what Tehran expects before the Strait of Hormuz can reopen, and the confrontation can begin moving toward a resolution.
Those demands range from an end to US military action and the withdrawal of American forces to sanctions relief, compensation, and the release of frozen Iranian assets.
With Tehran now tying any return to negotiations to those demands, Iran’s latest position could further complicate efforts to get the two sides back to the negotiating table.
No negotiations.
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Until Iran’s terms are met, talks are futile.
Tehran's demands remain unfulfilled
Mohammad Baqer Zulqader, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, previously set out six demands from Tehran.
Iran wants the US to stop threatening the country and to end what Zulqader described as insults toward Iran’s religious and national sanctities.
Tehran also wants an end to US military action against Iran and groups it considers allies in Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Yemen, and Iraq.
Iran’s demands then turn to the US military presence.
Tehran is calling for the naval blockade to be lifted and for US sea and air forces to withdraw from Iran.
The financial demands are equally sweeping.
Iran wants compensation for damage it attributes to two wars, the removal of US sanctions and the unconditional release of Iranian assets that have been frozen.
Taken together, the conditions give a clear picture of what Tehran expects before it will consider moving back toward negotiations.
