Iran's Demands and US Military Operations

Of course, the main Iranian demands announced by officials in Tehran more than

once were first and foremost to halt the U.S. military operations

on all fronts, but this time there are seven conditions

and seven noes for Tehran. Let's begin

with Iran's first condition. Professor Masoud, let us begin

as Iran says, with stopping the war, of course.

Of course, when Iran speaks of stopping the war, it has previously spoken of

stopping the war on all fronts, meaning stopping the war with

Iran and stopping the war with Hezbollah, and perhaps now a halt to the war with the

Houthis and no attacks on the Iranian militias in

Iraq. This is considered a major no, and I think it will face

an even bigger no from the United States.

Unity of the fronts, even in stopping the war.

This. This is a fundamental principle for

lifting the blockade.

Lifting the blockade. Iran wants the blockade on Iranian ports lifted

because the Iranian economy, in addition to the sanctions, has been hit by

the blockade, which has once again made matters worse and made

Iran's economic situation is difficult.

A thorny issue: frozen Iranian assets.

Without a doubt, this is extremely important. Iran's economy

needs liquidity. It needs revenue.

Iran is not exporting oil, and its funds are frozen.

So, it wants the frozen Iranian funds

to be released and returned to Iran.

We are also talking about lifting sanctions in return.

Lifting sanctions requires negotiations, not as a condition for returning

to negotiations. The lifting of sanctions imposed by the United States

since 1979, when the Iranians occupied the embassy

of the United States. There are packages of sanctions

that require negotiations between both sides, so making it a condition

does not seem very weak.

There is a very notable point, Mr. Masoud. Tehran is returning at this time,

specifically, and stressing the condition of its right to nuclear power.

This is among the conditions it has stated.

Nuclear rights. When Iran speaks here, it speaks of

the right to enrich. The United States has, until

now, affirmed that it wants to reduce enrichment to zero.

uranium on Iranian soil, and establish there

a regional alternative for uranium enrichment and transfer

uranium into Iran. This, too, will be subject

to negotiations, not a condition for resuming them.

Also, a U.S. withdrawal, even the U.S. presence near the Strait of Hormuz.

Tehran has always insisted on this point.

A U.S. withdrawal not only from the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran has repeatedly said that from Iran's borders, the United

States must withdraw from all the countries

bordering Iran and pull its forces out of these

countries, and this does not align with

a superpower that has bases in various countries, including

Turkey. I think Iran also cannot implement this demand

and will face major trouble from

the United States.

A reading of the Iranian regime's mindset at this time, and they come out

with these conditions. How?

I think the Iranians do not want a state of no war and no peace.

They do not want this situation to continue. They want

to apply pressure in every way and by every means through

The statements and the actions we've seen

attacks on ships, activating proxies here and there,

the Houthis, Hezbollah, or groups in Iraq.

All these cards are meant to take Iran out of

its state of neither war nor peace, toward negotiations

or perhaps an American solution. The American response comes

in the form of strikes again, as happened recently.