Key facts
- Iran has conveyed conditions to the US through a Qatari mediator.
- Iran's conditions include an end to the war on all fronts.
- Iran's conditions include a halt to acts of aggression.
- Iran's conditions include an end to the naval blockade.
- Iran's conditions include the release of frozen Iranian assets.
Iran has communicated its conditions for ending the ongoing conflict to the United States through a Qatari mediator, according to Iranian officials. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei stated that Tehran engaged with the US in New York via Qatar, conveying demands that included an end to the war on all fronts, a halt to "acts of aggression," the lifting of the naval blockade, and the release of frozen Iranian assets. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, separately identified three key demands for ending the war: an end to fighting on all fronts, the release of frozen Iranian assets, and an end to the US naval blockade. Rezaei indicated that Tehran is awaiting a response from US President Donald Trump, who is reportedly considering whether to resume major attacks on Iran. These diplomatic exchanges occur despite months of fighting and heightened military threats between the two nations. Indirect contacts between Iran and the US have persisted since the collapse of the Islamabad memorandum of understanding, with Qatar and Pakistan playing mediation roles.