President Trump claimed on Monday that there was “positive momentum” toward ending the Iran war as Tehran’s security chief accused the US of “manufacturing fake news” about diplomatic talks.
Trump made the comments in a post on Truth Social after speaking with Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani, and said that the US’ Gulf Arab allies prefer the status quo in the region, meaning the continued US blockade and Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, over a major escalation of the war.
“Should there be any change with respect to developments in the Middle East, the United States of America is ‘locked and loaded’ and ready to go,” the president said.
“At this point, however, that seems to be quite unlikely. Israel, and the entire Middle East, are protected from Iranian danger and threats. We are seeing positive momentum toward an end to this Conflict, and will ensure that America’s interests are at all times protected,” Trump added.
Not long after Trump’s post, Mohsen Rezaei, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, reaffirmed that the US must agree to Iran’s conditions to end the war and rejected claims of diplomatic progress.
“The war on Iran has already wrecked the US government. But Washington flails like a desperate gambler. FOLD YOUR HAND. STOP manufacturing FAKE NEWS about imaginary talks. Stop denying the West Asian NEW ORDER. Time to SURRENDER to the seven conditions Iran has repeatedly set out,” Rezaei wrote on X.
Rezaei’s post came after Al Arabiya reported that the US had agreed that Iran could enrich uranium at 3.67% as part of a nuclear deal and that Tehran had agreed, though Iranian officials have maintained the nuclear issue isn’t up for discussion until the US ends the blockade, provides sanctions relief, and fulfills several other commitments it made under the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding signed in June.
