After Trump floats talks, Iran security chief rejects negotiations until ‘conditions’ met
Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei declares 'stakes around oil and the straits have changed,' vows Tehran will only talk if all its conditions are met The post After Trump floats talks, Iran security chief rejects negotiations until ‘conditions’ met appeared first on The Times of Israel .
Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary, Mohsen Rezaei, has stated that Tehran will only engage in talks if all its conditions are met. This comes after US President Donald Trump expressed interest in negotiations. Rezaei also noted that the stakes around oil and the straits have changed.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to meet with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in China. The meeting may help lay the groundwork for a visit by Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who was appointed as Iran's special representative for China affairs in May.
A planned regional meeting to address conflicts in the Middle East, including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, has been postponed indefinitely. According to Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi, the meeting was called off, although Iran later claimed it was due to objections by Saudi Arabia.
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