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Trump claims Iran wants deal, Tehran rejects immediate talks
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- Both sides continue trading contradictory/hardline messaging.
US President Donald Trump renewed his claim Monday that Iran is eager to negotiate, while a top Iranian security official flatly rejected the overture, accusing Washington of sending contradictory messages amid the ongoing conflict between the two countries.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that Iran wants to make a deal "quickly and badly," and said he alone would decide whether the United States chooses to engage, adding that such engagement is "a concept" Washington remains open to.
The remark echoed similar claims Trump has made at earlier points in the conflict, when he pointed to the US military buildup in the region as leverage bringing Tehran to the table.
Oil prices briefly eased on the news before markets absorbed the ambiguity of Trump's phrasing, which left open whether formal talks were imminent or merely possible.
Rezaei rejects "Mixed Signals"
Don’t get distracted by the U.S. president’s mixed signals—from “no negotiations” to “we’re ready to talk.” The stakes around oil and the straits have changed. Damage control won’t stop what’s coming.
— محسن رضایی (@ir_rezaee) September 14, 2026
No talks until Iran’s conditions are met. Period!
The response from Tehran came quickly. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, posted on X that Iran should not be distracted by Trump's shifting position, swinging, as he put it, between ruling out negotiations entirely and claiming readiness to talk.
Rezaei said conditions surrounding oil markets and the Strait of Hormuz had fundamentally shifted, and that no amount of "damage control" from Washington would halt what he described as coming events. He closed with a blunt line: there will be no talks until Iran's conditions are met.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian separately voiced confusion over which of Trump's statements should be treated as the administration's actual position, saying it was unclear which of the president's remarks Tehran was expected to take seriously.
Trump demands Reimbursement over Hormuz
In a separate string of posts, Trump claimed oil continues to move through the Strait of Hormuz and argued that countries benefiting from that flow, which he said had offered the US "no help whatsoever", should and will reimburse Washington once what he called the "SCAM Confligration" comes to an end.
He added that the United States has been shouldering this burden for other nations "for Generations," without specifying which countries he meant or what form reimbursement might take.
The demand revives a theme Trump raised earlier in the year, when he floated and then dropped a proposed 20 percent fee on cargo transiting the strait in favor of pursuing trade and investment arrangements instead.
His latest comments came as global oil prices hovered above $100 a barrel and as reports emerged of ships coming under fire in the strait amid Iran's restrictions on shipping.
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