By Mahmoud M. Ravi-Nejad

Iran rules out US talks until conditions are met

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council urged the negotiators not to be distracted by contradictory messages from US president

TEHRAN — Iran has ruled out any negotiations with the United States until its conditions are met, with Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei warning Washington that the strategic equations surrounding oil and regional waterways have changed and that attempts to contain the consequences of the conflict will not alter what lies ahead.