Iran sets five conditions for new US talks

Iran has laid out five preconditions for any new round of talks with the United States, demanding what it calls “minimum guarantees” before returning to the negotiating table. Fars News Agency reported Tuesday, citing an informed source, that Tehran will not enter a second round of negotiations unless its conditions are practically implemented.

The five demands

According to the report, Iran’s conditions include: ending the war on all fronts — “especially Lebanon” — lifting all sanctions, releasing frozen Iranian assets abroad, compensating for war damage, and recognising Iran’s sovereign rights over the Strait of Hormuz. The source added that Iran also informed Pakistani mediators that the continuation of the US naval blockade in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman after the ceasefire has further deepened Tehran’s distrust toward Washington.

Rejection of US proposal

Fars reported that Iran presented the five conditions in response to what it described as a 14-point US proposal that was “completely one-sided” and aimed at achieving through diplomacy what Washington failed to win on the battlefield. The US and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28, triggering retaliation and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. A Pakistani-mediated ceasefire took effect on April 8 but failed to produce a lasting deal, later extended indefinitely by President Trump. On Sunday, Iran sent its response to the US proposal via Pakistan, but Trump dismissed it as “totally unacceptable.”