RT | Sunday, March 15, 2026 
No peace until US moves out of Persian Gulf – senior Iranian official

Mohsen Rezaee, a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, has said preconditions include reparations and security guarantees. For the ongoing conflict between Iran and the US to conclude, the latter must withdraw its military forces from the Persian Gulf, according to a member of the advisory board of Iran’s supreme leader. Mohsen Rezaee, a retired major general and former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), added that Tehran would also seek full restitution for the damage done and ironclad security guarantees from Washington. In an interview with Iran’s SNN TV broadcaster published on Saturday, the member of the Expediency Discernment Council said that the “presence of the US in the Persian Gulf has been the main cause of insecurity over the past 50 years.” “The end of the war is also in our hands,” Rezaee claimed, naming the “US withdrawal from the Persian Gulf” among the key prerequisites. Additionally, Iran expects to receive reparations from the US, he added. According to Rezaee, the Islamic Republic has managed to “shatter America’s prestige,” and will eventually emerge from the ongoing conflict as a power with “greater stature in the region.” – Read more