Iran rejects any talks with US after Trump remarks

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Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian

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Iran’s security chief on Tuesday rejected any talks with the United States after President Donald Trump said he was open to resuming discussions on the Middle East war.

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“Don’t get distracted by the U.S. president’s mixed signals — from ‘no negotiations’ to ‘we’re ready to talk’,” the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, posted on X.

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“The stakes around oil and the straits have changed. Damage control won’t stop what’s coming. No talks until Iran’s conditions are met. Period!” he added.

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Trump on Monday said he was open to holding talks with Iran, after weeks of saying it was too early to make a deal to end the war.

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“The failing Nation of Iran wants to make a deal, quickly and badly. I will determine whether or not the U.S.A. will choose to engage — The concept of which we are open to,” Trump said on his Truth Social network.

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Iran has repeatedly listed demands including war reparations and the lifting of sanctions as preconditions for ending the war and its blockade on the Strait of Hormuz.

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