What are Iran’s latest conditions to end its war with the US?

Iran’s security chief Mohsen Rezaei outlined a bundle of conditions he says Tehran has communicated to Washington through Qatari intermediaries as prerequisites for ending the current conflict. He framed the demands as requiring an end to hostilities across all fronts — specifically citing Lebanon — the lifting of a naval blockade on Iranian ports, the release of billions in frozen Iranian funds, and a halt to what Tehran calls US interference and cooperation with opponents of the Iranian government. Rezaei said Iran is more battle-hardened than earlier in the conflict and warned of “more numerous and more painful strikes” if pressured.

Those demands resemble elements of a June 17 memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran, which included calls for mutual respect for sovereignty, an end to blockades, the release of funds, and provisions for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz; that 60-day MoU expired last month. Key additional items in the June text — including a proposed $300bn reconstruction plan, US waivers for Iranian oil exports, commitments not to deploy extra US forces, and explicit restraints on Iran’s nuclear weapons development — were part of that earlier agreement. Rezaei in the Al Jazeera interview did not raise US war reparations, an item Tehran has previously sought.

Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf reiterated Tehran’s stance on the Strait of Hormuz, saying the waterway will remain closed until Iran’s conditions are met and American commitments are fulfilled. Analysts quoted by the broadcaster described Tehran’s publicizing of demands via Doha as a way to place the onus on Washington and maximize diplomatic pressure, at a moment both sides appear unable to force the other’s capitulation: the US sustains a naval blockade and air superiority, while Iran retains asymmetric capabilities that complicate navigation and shipping in region.

The exchange comes amid heightened attacks on tankers and shipping routes, and with the de facto Houthi control of the Red Sea route, contributing to recent oil prices exceeding $100 per barrel. On other issues, Rezaei said Iran remains formally a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and continues to observe a fatwa banning nuclear weapons issued by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — but he did not rule out future withdrawal under further pressure. He also denied Iranian involvement in Yemen’s intensifying fighting and offered Iran as a potential mediator in that conflict.