No talks with US before Iran’s conditions are met: Senior lawmaker
A senior Iranian lawmaker says the Islamic Republic will not negotiate with the United States unless Tehran’s seven conditions are met, warning that renewed unprovoked aggression against the country would prompt a stronger response and have consequences across the region.
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a member of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, made the remarks to Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television channel in an exclusive interview on Monday.
Iran has communicated its conditions to the US through mediators towards resolving the issues surrounding the Strait of Hormuz.
The Islamic Republic closed the waterway following the launch of the American-Israeli aggression against the country on February 28. Iran and the US agreed on a 60-day reopening period as part of a Pakistan-mediated memorandum of understanding in June, but American violations forced Tehran to re-establish the closure.
Tehran has previously named some of its conditions for reopening the chokepoint as cessation of aggression on all fronts, removal of an illegal naval blockade that the US has imposed on the country, lifting of illegal sanctions, and unfreezing of Iran’s frozen assets.
‘Iran to tighten conditions if US launches another war’
According to Boroujerdi, Iran’s conditions would become more stringent if Washington resumed the aggression.
He said the Islamic Republic’s missile stockpile has increased by “more than 50 percent,” while categorically ruling out surrendering the country’s enriched uranium.
Iran’s national security chief says not a single particle of enriched uranium will go outhttps://t.co/or1EbzSctA
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“Some parties in Iran believe there is no point in adhering to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty if the United States does not abide by it,” he said.
‘Hormuz shipping faces new reality’
The legislator said Oman had agreed to a new arrangement negotiated with Iran concerning the Strait of Hormuz, but US pressure on Muscat prevented an expected joint statement from being issued.
Referring to the illegal American blockade targeting the Islamic Republic, he warned that preventing Iran from exporting its oil would halt oil exports from the entire region.
Amid the overall situation affecting the Strait of Hormuz as a result of foreign aggression against the Islamic Republic, the lawmaker noted that “the navigation system in the Strait of Hormuz will not return to its previous status.”
🔴 Chief of the General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, Major General Ali Abdollahi inspects forces' readiness across the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Gulf of Oman: pic.twitter.com/B3EMyPEIOl
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‘Regional states have lost confidence in US’
The official hailed a recent quadrilateral meeting in Tehran involving representatives from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey as a positive first step towards regional cooperation, saying the meeting involved a positive exchange of views.
According to Boroujerdi, the three states have announced their respective intentions to send security delegations to the Iranian capital.
He noted that regional countries had lost confidence in Washington’s ability to guarantee their security and were reassessing their policies.
He urged regional governments to understand that “the United States cannot help [them] provide their security,” adding that countries that established relations with the Israeli regime had miscalculated and would face the consequences.
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