Iran denies talks with US, tells Trump to surrender to seven demands
According to Arutz Sheva, Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, on Monday rejected US President Donald Trump's assertions that Tehran was engaged in negotiations with Washington, demanding that the United States accept Iran's seven conditions for ending the conflict. In a social media post, Rezaei accused the Trump administration of fabricating reports of diplomatic contacts and insisted that Tehran would not abandon its demands, which include compensation for war damages, removal of economic restrictions, an end to the naval blockade, cessation of regional hostilities, release of frozen assets, reduction of US military presence, and a permanent conclusion to the war. These remarks contradicted Trump's earlier optimistic comments regarding ongoing diplomatic contacts, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had previously noted that diplomatic efforts had made little progress due to unreasonable Iranian demands.