Iran · 12 September, 2026 · 3 min read
Ebrahim Azizi Says Iran Won’t Negotiate With the U.S. Until Washington Accepts Tehran’s Conditions
Azizi: no negotiations with the U.S. until Washington accepts Tehran's conditions. Remarks come amid stalled negotiations to end the February war.
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Hormuz talks stall
Iran’s head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Ebrahim Azizi, said this Saturday that “Until the American side accepts all of Iran’s conditions, dialogue and negotiation make no sense,” as negotiations with the United States to end the war launched in February remained in a stalemate. Azizi’s message tied any progress on the Strait of Hormuz to Washington accepting Tehran’s conditions, with the Strait described as “one of the main theaters of the confrontation” and a bargaining chip in the talks. The same reporting said Iranian authorities planned to hold next Monday a meeting in Oman with representatives from several Persian Gulf countries and Iraq to analyze the results of conversations held with Muscat and explore possibilities for establishing safe routes through the Strait of Hormuz.
The sources also described the diplomatic dispute as running in parallel with the military confrontation, with “every move on the ground” affecting positions at the negotiating table. In the background to the diplomatic standoff, the TRT Arabi report said Tehran would keep security in the strait under conditions that “cannot be guaranteed as long as what he described as the 'naval blockade and American interventions' continue.”
Pressure, sanctions, and BRICS
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in India ahead of the BRICS summit that pressure from the United States had reached a “critical and dangerous stage,” adding that it followed “the military aggression by the United States and Israel.” Pezeshkian told audiences that he does not support continuing the war with the United States, saying, “I am not in favour of continuing the war, but we must strengthen the country’s resilience in the face of upcoming developments.” In parallel, TRT World reported that the U.S. and Israeli war against Tehran began on February 28, and it said Iran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to navigation, causing “widespread disruption to global energy and trade flows.”
The TRT World account also said that on June 18 Washington and Tehran reached a memorandum of understanding to end military operations and include guarantees for the passage of commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, but it said the understanding later faltered and confrontations resumed in July. At the BRICS summit in New Delhi, Anadolu Ajansi reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping urged BRICS nations to play a role in ending the escalating war in the Middle East, saying, “BRICS countries must stand on the right side of history.”
Next steps and energy risk
As the diplomatic track remained blocked, the Europa Press and Elplural reports both described Iran’s position as refusing to negotiate until Washington accepts Tehran’s terms, with Europa Press quoting Azizi that “there is no point” negotiating with the United States until it accepts Tehran’s conditions. The sources also said Iranian authorities would keep a meeting next Monday in Oman with Gulf countries and Iraq to discuss results of negotiations with Muscat for “the establishment of safe routes in the Strait of Hormuz.” Separately, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported that oil prices surged to a four-month high on September 11 as threats to the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea mounted, with Brent crude touching “$109.97 a barrel.”
That same live coverage said the British Maritime Trade Operations Center announced ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains about “90% below its pre-conflict level,” while it linked the risk to the reported seizure of Yemen’s Red Sea port of Mocha by Iran-aligned Houthi rebels. In the wider regional context, the TRT Arabi report said Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Asim Iftikhar Ahmed, said Islamabad is continuing its efforts to “bring Washington and Tehran back to the negotiating table” despite setbacks.