Top Iranian official: US response to truce offer ‘not convincing,’ Hormuz will not be opened

By Lazar Berman

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

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)

Iran’s top security official says the US response to the latest ceasefire offer was “not convincing.”

“America’s response to Iran’s rights and demands was not convincing,” writes Supreme National Security Secretary Mohsen Rezaei on X, “and they must fully and explicitly address Iran’s seven conditions and act upon them; only then will the Strait of Hormuz be reopened.”

Among Iran’s demands are a permanent end to the war, including Israel’s operations against Hamas and Hezbollah; the lifting of the US blockade on Iran; the withdrawal of US forces; lifting sanctions; paying reparations for the war; and recognizing new arrangements for shipping in Hormuz that Iran will set.