Iran’s SNSC secretary and Putin discuss West Asia in phone call

TEHRAN —Major General Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation on the latest regional and international developments, with particular focus on West Asia.

America is using negotiations to buy time

Strategic affairs analyst Saeed Leilaz examined the letter sent by J.D. Vance to Mohsen Rezaei in an interview with the Etemad newspaper. The timing of the letter is significant because it comes amid heightened political and economic uncertainty. Leilaz argues that although the letter has been presented as an attempt to revive negotiations, it is accompanied by warnings and threats against Iranian infrastructure.

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Washington’s Midterm Letter Game

From Carter to Vance, US messages have failed to break Iranian resistance

TEHRAN — The disclosure of a letter from US Vice President JD Vance to Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei has triggered a wave of contradictory narratives in Washington, speculative reporting in American media, and a calm, conditional response in Tehran.

Maintain control of Hormuz, Leader insists in meeting with security chief

TEHRAN — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei met with Major General Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), for a review of the country’s situation across culture, politics, economy and security, and the region’s shifting order.

Forced retreat of neighbors

Khorasan examined the reopening of borders by Iran’s eastern and western neighbors, Pakistan and Iraq, after a forced retreat from restrictive policies. The paper argued that recent statements by Scott Bessent regarding cooperation between Washington and Iran’s neighbors to limit land routes represented a new stage in economic pressure on Tehran. However, developments on both borders showed that isolating Iran through regional blockades is neither easy nor cost-free.

Iran will not resume talks until its conditions are met: top security official

TEHRAN — Major General Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has stressed that Iran will neither resume negotiations nor reopen the Strait of Hormuz until its seven conditions are met, warning that communications cables, regional data centers and artificial intelligence facilities could be targeted if hostilities resume.

Brother Munir! The Ball Is in the US Court

Pakistan's army chief came to Tehran to break the deadlock, but the US has repeatedly derailed mediation with fantasies like Iran's surrender

TEHRAN – Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief, arrived in Tehran on Tuesday for consultations with Iranian officials. It is General Munir's fifth visit to Tehran since the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran on February 28.

Powers greater than US tried to conquer Iran but ended up in ‘dustbin of history,’ Rezaei says

TEHRAN — Iran’s top security official says Tehran will determine the outcome of its confrontation with Washington, rules out a return to previous diplomatic norms and warns of potential retaliation against US assets in the event of renewed aggression.

Iranian commanders warn any new war would trigger wider regional conflict

TEHRAN- Iranian military commanders have issued a series of increasingly forceful warnings against any renewed US or Israeli military action, saying the Islamic Republic is fully prepared to respond and cautioning regional states against allowing their territory or military facilities to be used in a new conflict.

Major General Mohsen Rezaei: Trump’s UN Speech constitutes ‘defense of a defeated criminal’

TEHRAN – Iranian officials have unleashed a blistering response to US President Donald Trump’s address at the 81st UN General Assembly, dismissing his threats of “annihilation” against the Islamic Republic as the desperate rhetoric of a “defeated criminal” struggling with his own political irrelevance.

Iran tests new anti-ship missile near US aircraft carrier

TEHRAN — Iran has recently tested a new anti-ship missile near a US aircraft carrier, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei said, as Tehran warned that any further US attack would trigger a stronger response against American bases and interests across the region.

Iran’s security chief: US has no place in West Asia

TEHRAN — The United States will have no place in the future of the West Asia, and regional countries themselves will determine the direction of the region, Iran’s top security official said Tuesday, as Tehran called for closer regional cooperation and stronger security along its border with Iraq.

Major General Rezaei: Leader’s military appointments disrupted US, Israeli calculations

TEHRAN - The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has praised a recent decision by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, to appoint new top commanders in the Iranian armed forces.

Leader’s advisor draws Iran’s red line in Hormuz, warns US against maritime provocation

TEHRAN - The strategic posture outlined by Mohsen Rezaei, senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and former commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), marks a decisive reaffirmation of Iran’s sovereign authority over the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian citizens should not pay for services other countries receive, top adviser says

TEHRAN — The Iranian people should no longer bear the cost of safeguarding the Strait of Hormuz for the rest of the world, a senior military adviser to Iran's Leader of the Islamic Revolution said, as Tehran signals a shift in how it views the strategic waterway.

US-Israeli coalition reached strategic deadlock, Iranian commanders say

TEHRAN – Senior Iranian military officials have emphasized that the recent confrontation involving Iran, the United States, and Israel ended in a strategic impasse for Washington and Tel Aviv, warning that resistance movements across the region retain significant retaliatory capabilities despite ongoing efforts to reshape the security landscape in West Asia.

Iran's Leader advisor: US will surrender

TEHRAN- A senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei has stated that the iron fist of Iran’s armed forces and the resolute Iranian nation will compel the United States to retreat and surrender.

No truce if US strikes Iran: ex-IRGC chief

TEHRAN – Former IRGC chief Mohsen Rezaei has warned if the United States launches an attack on Iran, the Islamic Republic will strike back and, in that situation, there will be not ceasefire with the U.S.