Talks between Washington and Tehran have obviously long been stalemated, amid a return to ramped-up Iranian attacks on energy transit in the Strait of Hormuz, but messages have continued to be exchanged on an indirect diplomatic level, also as Washington seeks a way out of the crisis.
Iran indicated Monday it is reviewing a latest offer from Washington, which is said to include partial concessions. However, a top Iranian security official has rejected the US latest offer as "inadequate".
Major General Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), has stated that while the US has agreed to some of Iran's conditions for ending the war, the Trump administration response still falls short.
"Iranian diplomacy has changed, and there will be no return to the status quo ante," he stated Monday. Rezaei instead demanded full compliance with Tehran's conditions, and that this cannot be incremental or partial.
He further described that Trump, "deluded by the fantasy of conquering Iran" proceeded to launch "one of the most idiotic wars in human history after being duped by Netanyahu."
The Iranians are still asserting they are in control of the Strait of Hormuz, while all along White House officials have been boasting of record wartime energy transit flows under the watch of the US Navy.
Rezaei said further on X, "Now, after the US fleet failed to reopen the Hormuz, he has resorted to smuggling," adding that "the US military has never sunk to such a disgraceful low
