Leader’s advisor: No US escape without reparations; region must secure itself
Iran will not allow the United States to escape the crisis it created without paying reparations for decades of damage, a senior advisor to the Leader of Islamic Revolution said.
Speaking to Al Mayadeen, Mohsen Rezaei, said Iran will not allow US President Donald Trump to set out an unrealistic plan for the Strait of Hormuz and simply exit the arena.
“Given the unfolding developments and attempts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the United States is seeking to stage a flamboyant gesture and then exit the scene. We will not allow such schemes to materialize,” Rezaei, currently a member of Iran’s Expediency Council, said on Thursday.
He emphasized that Tehran must secure a satisfactory outcome from indirect negotiations with Washington and derive tangible benefits.
Rezaei noted that the United States must pay reparations for all damage inflicted on Iran.
“We will doubtlessly demand our rights and reparations, even if US military forces return home and withdraw from the region. We have endured them for 47 years and will continue to tread the path of resistance,” the Expediency Council member said.
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Rezaei also stated that regional countries should ensure their own security independently, and that all foreign forces, whether American or European, must withdraw from the region.
“We can ensure our own security. We want to establish a regional security council. There are major countries in the region, such as Iraq, Egypt, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia, and we can provide security,” he said.
On February 28, following the assassination of Iran’s late Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei and several high-ranking military commanders, the United States and Israel initiated a large-scale and unprovoked war of aggression against Iran.
In response, Iranian armed forces carried out 100 waves of counterattacks over 40 days, targeting US and Israeli military assets, which resulted in significant damage.
A Pakistani-mediated two-week ceasefire was brokered on April 8, allowing for negotiations in Islamabad, where Iran proposed a ten-point plan calling for US troop withdrawal and the lifting of sanctions.
Despite 21 hours of intensive talks on April 11 and 12, the Iranian delegation returned to Tehran without an agreement, citing deep mistrust that Washington would honour its commitments.
Iran has stated that any return to ceasefire negotiations is contingent on the lifting of the illegal US naval blockade, which officials argue constitutes a violation of the truce.
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