Iran’s top security official, Mohsen Rezaei, has dismissed reports of ongoing diplomatic negotiations with the United States, calling the claims “pure lies and fabrications.”
In a television interview, Rezaei stated that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until Washington accepts Iran’s non-negotiable 7 specific conditions.
Key demands communicated via Qatari mediators include ending the war on all fronts, unfreezing its assets, lifting oil sanctions and ending the U.S. blockade of its ports.
Both Rezaei and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi firmly rejected media speculation regarding an upcoming meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, labeling the reports as “baseless media speculation”.
Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that, he told G7 allies the the US economic sanctions and naval blockade are working so well that President Trump does not need to conduct major combat operations against Iran.
Speaking to reporters in Paris after two days of meetings with G7 allies, Rubio repeatedly pushed back on the assertion that not returning to military action would amount to a stalemate or status quo.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Tuesday that three oil tankers had been left burning after suffering massive explosions while attempting to navigate “an unauthorized route” through the Strait of Hormuz.
The IRGC reiterated its warning that all those seeking to transit the strait in cooperation with the “terrorist” U.S. Army would suffer the same fate.
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