“Do not let the contradictory signals from the US president distract you—from ‘we will not negotiate’ to ‘we are ready for talks,’” Mohsen Rezaei said in a post on X.

“The equations concerning oil and the straits have changed. Struggling to control the consequences will not prevent what is coming. No talks until Iran’s conditions are met. Period,” he emphasized.

The warning came hours after US President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that “Iran wants to make a deal, quickly and badly,” while claiming he would “determine whether or not the USA will choose to engage,” adding that “the concept of which we are open to.”

That message contradicted Trump’s own earlier line. In August, he wrote that “there are no talks or conversations going on, or scheduled, with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” insisted the naval blockade remained in force, and falsely claimed the Strait of Hormuz was “open and operating.” The same day, his son-in-law and envoy Jared Kushner had said conversations with Iran were “probably more robust than it’s maybe ever been.”

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Trump has also swung between threatening to “keep the oil like Venezuela,” saying Iran is “calling constantly” for talks, and asserting that the war will end after the US midterm elections.

Iranian officials have dismissed those claims as propaganda and an attempt to cover Washington’s failure to impose its will on the Persian Gulf.

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