Mohsen Rezaei, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, attends a ceremony at Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s shrine in southern Tehran on June 4, 2026. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)
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Cherry Meigh Timbol
News Content Editor
Published November 11, 2026
TEHRAN. Mohsen Rezaei, Iran’s top security official, said no negotiations are currently taking place between Tehran and Washington, in an interview with the pro-Iran broadcaster Al-Mayadeen.
Rezaei said Iran had asked the United States for a “clear and explicit” response to its conditions but had not received one, adding that Washington could respond in the future. Iran has insisted the US must meet seven conditions set out in a June interim agreement before the Strait of Hormuz can reopen and negotiations resume.
The remarks came after US President Donald Trump met mediator Qatar on Monday. Trump played down the likelihood of major warfare restarting soon, but he remained unwilling to accept the existing Iranian truce plan.
Rezaei heads Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. A day earlier, he had said the US was “manufacturing fake news” about talks and called on it to “surrender” to Iran’s conditions. Also on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi rejected media reports of a possible meeting between Rezaei and US Vice President JD Vance.
The latest denial follows earlier ones. On Nov 1, Araghchi said Iran had no plans to hold talks with US officials. He said Tehran had examined a message from Vance to Rezaei, which remained under review, and that contacts continued with Qatar and Pakistan as mediators. He added that a decision on whether any negotiations would be direct or indirect would come only after the US agrees to Iran’s conditions.
The White House has not been quoted in the reports reviewed responding directly to Rezaei’s latest remarks.
