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Mojtaba Khamenei Calls To Meet Iran’s Conditions To End War, Says “Neither War Nor Peace”
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Khamenei demands Tehran's conditions be met to end the war. He describes the situation as 'neither war nor peace'.
Tehran sets conditions
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei called for safeguarding Iran’s rights and those of the regional "resistance front" by meeting Iran’s conditions to end the war, describing the current state as "neither war nor peace." Khamenei said Iran must secure "the conditions stipulated by the country's officials with the aim of ending the war," in a meeting with national security chief Mohsen Rezaee, according to a Telegram statement. Iran conveyed a new plan to the US through mediators on September 22 on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York, with Tehran proposing ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the US accepted Iran’s conditions.
Iran’s Supreme Leader also discussed "protecting national and regional security through the exercise of control over the Strait of Hormuz," as disagreements over the strait were cited for the collapse of the last ceasefire between Iran and the US in June. Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian told Vladimir Putin in Moscow that countries in the region are capable of resolving their own problems without the involvement of the United States.
Mediation and meetings
Qatar said a Qatari delegation’s visit to Tehran on Sunday was part of ongoing mediation efforts to ease Iran-US tensions, and Ibrahim bin Sultan Al Hashmi urged proposals to be exchanged through mediators. Ibrahim bin Sultan Al Hashmi told a weekly press briefing that proposals continued to be exchanged between the US and Iran through mediators, urging the crisis to be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy. Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, and Putin said he discussed the war with Pezeshkian while expressing hope the situation would "evolve in a positive direction."
Pezeshkian and Putin called for expanded bilateral cooperation across sectors, and Putin said trade between Russia and Iran rose 10.4 percent in the first eight months of 2026 compared with the same period last year. The Straits Times said Khamenei’s statement came amid a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at preventing another round of US-Israeli strikes and resolving the mounting conflict in Yemen between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
Tanker fire near Hormuz
Iran’s navy said a "violating" oil tanker that sought to cross the "forbidden region" east of the Strait of Hormuz caught fire after hitting naval mines. The navy said the oil tanker turned off its tracking systems and suffered damage after colliding with the mines in the "unsafe region" east of the waterway, and it reiterated that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and unsafe for violating vessels. The Straits Times said Khamenei and Rezaee also discussed "protecting national and regional security through the exercise of control over the Strait of Hormuz," linking the strait to the broader dispute over peace conditions.
Entekhab said the Leader of the Revolution told the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council that the pursuit of the Iranian nation’s interests and the resistance front’s goals to end the war should be pursued. PressTV said Ayatollah Khamenei called for efforts to secure the rights and interests of the Iranian people and the Resistance Front through the fulfillment of conditions announced by Iranian officials for ending the war and the "neither war nor peace" situation.