Iran demands seven conditions be met before US talks, Basij chief says
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Iran wants Washington to accept seven conditions before any negotiations begin, the head of Basij paramilitary force said Thursday. Hossein Taeb, speaking at a ceremony for…
Hossein Taeb, speaking at a ceremony for members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards’ Aerospace Force killed in the war, said Iran would decide the format and agenda for talks after its conditions were met.
Taeb also said US President Donald Trump would eventually have to withdraw American forces from the region, or face the possibility of a wider social movement in the United States.
He said Russia had tried to mediate between Tehran and Washington during and after the 40-day war.
According to Taeb, a Trump representative visited Russian President Vladimir Putin before the US election, after which a Russian envoy traveled to Tehran with a written message for Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
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