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Finger on the Trigger': Iran’s Mohsen Rezaei Says U.S. Talks in Concluding Phase While Warning of Gulf Retaliation
Iran’s military adviser Mohsen Rezaei has claimed that war-ending talks with the United States have entered their "concluding phase," aiming for a deal to secure regional stability for 50 years. However, Rezaei warned that Iran's "fingers are on the trigger" regarding the Strait of Hormuz, as Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei tempered expectations, stating that a final agreement is not yet imminent and remains strictly focused on halting the war rather than nuclear concessions.
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by News Desk
2026-05-26
Finger on the Trigger': Iran’s Mohsen Rezaei Says U.S. Talks in Concluding Phase While Warning of Gulf Retaliation

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  • Entering the Concluding Diplomatic Phase: Major General Mohsen Rezaei, the senior military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and former commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), announced that ongoing indirect negotiations with the United States have officially advanced into their final, decisive stage. Rezaei framed the high-stakes diplomatic effort as a continuous battle to secure the legitimate sovereign rights of the Iranian nation. Expressing a highly optimistic outlook for the talks, he asserted that the culmination of Iran’s 47-year-old post-revolutionary struggle would ultimately yield a positive outcome capable of guaranteeing regional security and operational stability for the next 50 years.

  • A Stiff Warning on the Maritime Frontline: Despite the explicit diplomatic progress, Rezaei emphasized that Tehran is simultaneously managing both the diplomatic and military fronts with equal intensity. Issuing a stern warning against potential Western miscalculations, he declared that Iranian armed forces have their "fingers on the trigger" and are fully prepared to deliver a vehement and painful response to any perceived U.S. aggression. He highlighted that the strategic Strait of Hormuz remains systematically closed to "enemies and their allies," reiterating Tehran's legal right to monitor and manage maritime traffic through the chokepoint as a core pillar of its national defense architecture.

  • The Foreign Ministry's Guarded Stance: Reaffirming the structural bounds of the dialogue, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei clarified during a Tehran press conference that while a broad conceptual framework and conclusion have been reached on a large portion of discussion topics, a formal signing is not yet imminent. Baqaei explicitly noted that the current diplomatic channel in Doha remains strictly centered on securing a permanent end to the active three-month-old war, emphatically stating that Iran's controversial nuclear enrichment program is completely excluded from this stage of negotiations and will be handled separately in a 30-to-60-day post-ceasefire window.

    • Market and Regional Ramifications: The conflicting signals of impending peace mixed with fierce military rhetoric arrive at a highly volatile moment, just after U.S. President Donald Trump indicated via social media that the final aspects and specific details of a memorandum are being actively discussed. While global energy markets reacted sharply with Brent crude slipping back toward $100 per barrel on the prospect of an eased maritime blockade, defense analysts note that friction inside the Persian Gulf remains dangerously elevated. Tehran continues to demand the comprehensive lifting of the U.S. naval blockade, the release of frozen financial assets, and immediate sanctions relief as mandatory baseline conditions before any formal cessation of hostilities can be finalized.
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