{"id":3051,"date":"2026-10-21T13:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3051"},"modified":"2026-10-21T13:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:03:44","slug":"iran-rules-out-us-talks-until-its-demands-are-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3051","title":{"rendered":"Iran rules out US talks until its demands are met"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Iran has said that there would be no talks with Washington until Tehran\u2019s \u200bdemands were met, Iranian media reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The remarks were made during a meeting between Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Pakistan\u2019s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir in Tehran, according to Nournews.<\/p>\n<p>The statements underscored Iran\u2019s hardening stance despite \u200cmediation efforts by key interlocutor Pakistan.**<\/p>\n<p>President Masoud Pezeshkian discussed mediation efforts and regional developments with Field Marshal Asim Munir in Tehran, Nournews said.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan is a key intermediary between \u200bthe United States and Iran. Earlier mediation efforts helped produce an <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/14-point-draft-us-iran-deal-2026-06-17\/\">interim \u200bpeace agreement<\/a> in June, but the Islamabad Memorandum quickly unravelled \u2060as fighting between Iran and the US resumed weeks after.<\/p>\n<p>Field Marshal Asim Munir also met \u200bIranian parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf, who said Washington could not regain Tehran\u2019s \u200btrust until it fulfilled <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-says-strait-hormuz-will-not-reopen-until-conditions-are-met-2026-10-04\/\">seven conditions<\/a> Iran set last month for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, according to an Iranian readout of the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The demands include ending a US \u200bblockade on its ports, the lifting of sanctions on its oil exports, \u200bas well as ending hostilities on all regional fronts.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, \u200cdelivered a similar \u2060message during a separate meeting with Field Marshal Asim Munir, saying there would be <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/iran-prolongs-talks-stalemate-influence-us-midterms-officials-say-2026-10-20\/\">no talks<\/a> with Washington until Tehran\u2019s demands were met, according to Iranian media.<\/p>\n<p>Rezaei also said all enriched nuclear materials would remain in Iran, reiterating Supreme Leader \u200bAyatollah Mojtaba Khamenei\u2019s <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/supreme-leader-says-enriched-uranium-must-stay-iran-iranian-sources-say-2026-05-21\/\">position<\/a> \u200bthat near-weapons-grade uranium \u2060should not be shipped abroad.<\/p>\n<p>US Vice President JD Vance said <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/interview-us-vice-president-vance-says-iran-must-cut-enrichment-end-war-2026-10-06\/\">earlier this month<\/a> that Iran must make a \u201cmeaningful\u201d reduction \u200bin its uranium enrichment capacity to satisfy US demands and \u200bend \u2060the countries\u2019 eight-month-old war.<\/p>\n<p>Israel, the United States and other Western states have long accused Iran of seeking nuclear weapons, including pointing to its move to \u2060enrich uranium \u200bto 60%, far higher than needed for \u200bcivilian uses and closer to the 90% needed for a weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has said that there would be no talks with Washington until Tehran\u2019s \u200bdemands were met, Iranian media reported. The remarks were made during a meeting between Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Pakistan\u2019s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir in Tehran, according to Nournews. The statements underscored Iran\u2019s hardening stance despite \u200cmediation efforts by key interlocutor Pakistan.** President Masoud Pezeshkian discussed mediation efforts and regional developments with Field Marshal Asim Munir in Tehran, Nournews said. Pakistan is a key intermediary between \u200bthe United States and Iran. Earlier mediation efforts helped&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}