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No negotiations until US takes trust-building steps: Iran’s security chief

Iran’s top security official asserts that “there will be no negotiations” with the United States until Washington takes steps to build trust.

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Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Major General Mohsen Rezaei

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) asserts that “there will be no negotiations” with the United States until Washington takes steps to build trust.

Major General Mohsen Rezaei made the remarks in a statement on his official account on X on Tuesday, adding, “That process must begin with the full fulfillment of all Iran’s conditions.”

Last month, the top security official said Tehran had conveyed seven conditions to Washington through Qatari mediators and was awaiting US President Donald Trump’s response. “Our conditions are an end to the war on all fronts, the release of our frozen funds, and an end to the naval blockade,” he added at the time. Rezaei later noted that he had found Washington’s response to be “insufficient.”

Also on Tuesday, the official underlined during remarks with Pakistan’s visiting Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir in Tehran that the Iranian people and officials were united in the view that no negotiations would take place in the absence of trust-building measures on the part of Washington.

Rezaei’s post on X, meanwhile, underscored that “not a single gram of enriched uranium will be removed from Iran,” categorically ruling out a demand that has been aired repeatedly by various American officials.

Meeting with Munir, he likewise said, “All enriched nuclear material will remain in Iran, and not a single particle will leave the country.” “This material is a great asset and national wealth for the Iranian people to use domestically.”

Iran has also identified fulfillment of its conditions as a precursor to reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which the Islamic Republic has closed in retaliation for unprovoked US-Israeli aggression and persisting American violations.