The secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, Mohsen Rezaei, warned this Saturday that the actions of the United States and Israel could lead Tehran to reconsider its continuity in the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
"We are still fully aligned with the fatwa (religious edict) of the supreme leader and have not modified our nuclear doctrine, but we do not know what will happen in the future. It depends on Washington's behavior," Rezaei stated in an interview granted to the pan-Arab network Al Jazeera.
Regarding the confrontation with the United States, Rezaei indicated that Tehran has conveyed to the Trump Administration its conditions to stop the war through the mediating countries, Qatar and Pakistan, and is awaiting a response.
As he detailed, those demands include the cessation of hostilities on all fronts, the release of frozen Iranian assets, and the lifting of the naval blockade. "Washington is interested in accepting our conditions to end the war," he asserted.
Later, in messages disseminated on his social networks, he clarified that "Iran has communicated to the Government of the United States seven conditions to initiate any negotiation."
"Tehran's message is clear and unequivocal: if Washington wants to get out of the quagmire it has gotten into and avoid getting further entangled in it, it has no choice but to accept Iran's rights and conditions," he emphasized.
At the same time, he stressed that "we know the weaknesses of the U.S. military forces and we are more prepared than ever to counter their airstrikes."
He also recalled that "Iran has changed its strategy towards the United States after they withdrew from the memorandum of understanding: if they attack us, we will attack U.S. bases and interests in the region."
Rezaei also expressed Tehran's willingness for "the war between Saudi Arabia and Yemen to end," referring to the conflict facing the Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, with the internationally recognized Yemeni government forces supported by Riyadh. "And I believe that the Yemenis also want an agreement with Saudi Arabia," he added.
In the same interview, Rezaei revealed that Iran has recently conducted tests with an anti-ship missile near a U.S. aircraft carrier.