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\u201cTrump is caught in a quagmire where he can neither negotiate nor fight,\u201d Rezaei said during a Tuesday meeting in Tehran with Shahin Mustafayev, Azerbaijan\u2019s deputy prime minister, accoridng to a report by Press TV about the meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIran\u2019s conditions have been conveyed to the United States, but Trump is unable to make a decision, and the United States, out of desperation, has resorted to an air siege in the military war,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Rezaei said the US and Israeli attack on Iran was \u201cagainst all international laws,\u201d referring to the unprovoked aggression which began on February 28.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Iran \u201cpowerfully defended itself,\u201d Rezaei maintained, referring to the hundreds of drone and missile operations launched by Iranian armed forces against US and Israeli assets across the region since the start of the war.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The top security official’s remarks came as Tehran awaits Washington\u2019s official response to an Iranian seven-point proposal conveyed to the US through Qatari mediation.<\/p>\n
According to Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Iran\u2019s position on its nuclear program has not changed, while the proposal focuses on conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Araghchi said Iran\u2019s conditions were \u201cfair and reasonable\u201d and that Tehran had presented a clear proposal to the United States and the international community.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur proposal, which has become known as the seven-point plan, was conveyed to the Americans through a Qatari mediator,\u201d Araghchi said on Tuesday before departing New York for Tehran, adding that Iran was waiting for an official US response through the mediators.<\/p>\n
In response to the aggression, Iran has imposed restrictions over the Strait of Hormuz, a global energy chokepoint. Tehran had agreed to lift restrictions under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, which was signed between Tehran and Washington on June 17. However, the US violated its commitments under the MoU, causing more rounds of war and the collapse of the understanding.\u00a0<\/p>\n
During the meeting with the Azerbaijani official, Rezaei also said foreign powers had come and gone throughout history, while Iran and the countries of the region had remained.<\/p>\n
He said Iran was ready to help establish peace in the Caucasus, but noted that the United States had no future in the region.<\/p>\n
\u201cIran is ready to help establish peace in the Caucasus, but America has no future in the region and Iran is standing against it with power,\u201d Rezaei said.<\/p>\n
The meeting also addressed relations between Iran and Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n
For his part, Mustafayev hailed \u201cfriendly and brotherly\u201d relations between the two countries. He also denied speculation that Azerbaijan had allowed its territory to be used against Iran.<\/p>\n
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