Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei reaffirmed Tehran’s conditions for ending the war on Tuesday, following regional security talks involving representatives of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan.
Iranian state media reported that Khamenei met Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. Khamenei called for Iran to protect its interests and hold to its terms for ending the war, state media said. It added that they raised control of the Strait of Hormuz and closer ties with neighboring countries as regional security matters.
Reuters reported that Rezaei met representatives of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan in Tehran on Monday as the three governments sought to ease regional tensions. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed the Mecca mutual defense pact in August. Reuters said Monday’s meetings were the first senior-level exchanges since Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi movement became directly involved in the war.
An Iranian official told Reuters that Iran’s nuclear program was not on Monday’s agenda and would remain unaddressed until Tehran’s conditions for ending the war were met. Reuters reported that those conditions include ending a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports and U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil exports. The outlet also reported that U.S. Vice President JD Vance said three weeks earlier that Iran must reduce nuclear enrichment to end the war.
The four countries had agreed to continue security discussions, EconoTimes previously reported in its coverage of the talks.
