Iran's Top Security Official: "Claims of Renewed U.S. Talks Are False... Deception to Lower Oil Prices"

Iran's top security official has categorically denied reports that negotiations with the United States on ending the war and Iran's nuclear program will resume. He said the United States is exaggerating the possibility of negotiations to lower international oil prices. He also reiterated that Iran will not lift its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz until seven conditions it has set are met.

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According to Anadolu Agency and other outlets, Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), said in an interview with the Lebanese outlet Al Mayadeen on Tuesday (local time) that "it is completely false to claim that the United States is continuing negotiations with Iran and holding talks in Qatar."

He also dismissed reports that a secret meeting between him and U.S. Vice President JD Vance was being arranged, saying they were "completely unfounded and untrue."

Rezaei claimed that the United States was spreading the possibility of renewed negotiations to ease economic pressure and lower international oil prices. He criticized the U.S. actions as "deceptive."

He said that no negotiations are currently taking place between the two countries and that Iran is waiting for a clear response from the United States to the conditions it has set.

"Iran has already presented seven conditions and is waiting for a response from the United States, but its initial reaction was not enough for us," Rezaei said. "We urged the U.S. side to provide a clear and unambiguous answer to our demands."

He added that "the Strait of Hormuz will never be opened until Iran's conditions are fully met," stressing that Iran would maintain its blockade of the strait until the United States accepts its demands.

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