Mohsen Rezaei, a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, said the prerequisites include reparations and security guarantees.
For the ongoing conflict between Iran and the US to end, the latter must withdraw its military forces from the Persian Gulf, a member of Iran’s supreme leader’s advisory council said.
Mohsen Rezaei, a retired major general and former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said Tehran wants full reparations for damages and ironclad security guarantees from Washington.
A member of the Expediency Discernment Council said in an interview with Iran’s SNN TV broadcaster published on Saturday. “The presence of the US in the Persian Gulf has been the main cause of insecurity in the last 50 years.”
“The end of the war is in our hands” Naming it, Rezee claimed “US Withdrawal from the Persian Gulf” Among the important prerequisites. In addition, Iran expects to receive compensation from the US, he said.
According to Rezaee, the Islamic Republic has managed “Shatter America’s Prestige” And ultimately emerges as a force from the ongoing conflict “High standing in the area.”
In a post on X on Wednesday, Iranian President Masoud Pezheshkian wrote similarly “The only way to end this war is to recognize Iran’s legitimate rights, the payment of reparations and firm (international) guarantees against future aggression.”
The following day, Iranian media released newly appointed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s first public address, in which he also took the oath. “Extract relief from enemies.”
Meanwhile, in a post on his Satya social platform last Friday, US President Donald Trump said “No deal with Iran other than unconditional surrender.”
Read more:
Prelude to imminent collapse or long war? Experts weigh in on Iran’s future
On February 28, the US and Israeli militaries launched massive airstrikes on Iran, killing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several senior commanders.
In the first days of the military operation, a suspected US Tomahawk cruise missile leveled the Shajara Tayebe girls’ school, killing at least 175 people, most of them children. According to Iranian officials, more than 1,300 civilians have lost their lives in the US-Israeli strikes.
