Iran sends war-ending conditions to US via Qatar — SkimNews
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- Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told Al Jazeera in an exclusive interview that Iran conveyed formal conditions through Qatari mediators to end the war with the US, and is awaiting President Trump's response.
- Iran's terms include ending the war on all fronts, releasing frozen funds, and ending the naval blockade — notably omitting earlier demands for war reparations, a shift former Pentagon Arabian Peninsula affairs director David Des Roches flagged as movement from prior demands.
- Iran has shifted its military planning to target US naval assets stretching from the Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, and recently test-fired a multi-warhead antiship missile near a US vessel or carrier, Rezaei said.
- Rezaei said a new US strike against Iran is "very much on the cards" based on military assessments, while insisting Tehran is "prepared for a decisive war" and would respond heavily against US bases and commercial interests.
- Iran rejected US accusations it violated the collapsed memorandum of understanding by striking an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, saying its actions came only after US strikes on Bandar Abbas and an Iranian surveillance platform there.
- Tehran has not decided to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty despite the US and Israeli attacks, though Rezaei said Washington's conduct "may push Tehran into withdrawing," while citing Khomeini's fatwa against nuclear weapons still holding.
Why it matters: Iran is pairing a diplomatic off-ramp — dropped reparations demand, conditions sent through Qatar — with explicit war readiness and an antiship missile test near a US carrier. Tehran is asking Washington to release frozen funds and lift the naval blockade; the US must now decide whether a 'decisive war' posture backed by Qatari mediation is an opening or a non-starter, with the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's NPT membership still on the table.
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