TEHRAN — On Saturday, May 30, 2026, Mohsen Rezaei, a senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader and former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, accused President Donald Trump of “betraying diplomacy for the third time.”
Rezaei made the statement in a post on his X account Saturday.
“As predicted, the president of the United States is betraying diplomacy for the third time,” Rezaei wrote in the post. “By continuing the naval blockade and making excessive demands in negotiations, he has once again proven that he is not inclined toward negotiation and is pursuing other objectives.”
همانطور که پیشبینی میشد، رییس جمهور آمریکا برای سومین بار در حال خیانت به دیپلماسی است. او با ادامه محاصره دریایی و زیادهخواهی در مذاکرات، بیش از پیش ثابت کرد که اهل مذاکره نیست و اهداف دیگری را دنبال میکند.
— محسن رضایی (@ir_rezaee) May 30, 2026
Rezaei’s comments came after Trump posted on Truth Social Friday that Iran must agree never to have a nuclear weapon or bomb, immediately open the Strait of Hormuz to unrestricted shipping, and remove any remaining water mines.
In the post, Trump also said enriched uranium which had been “buried deep underground with virtually collapsed mountains” after a B-2 bomber attack eleven months ago, will be unearthed by the United States in coordination with Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency, and destroyed.
Trump also said ships caught in the Strait of Hormuz because of the United States’ “amazing and unprecedented naval blockade,” which will now be lifted, could begin “heading home.”
Regarding a possible deal with Iran, Trump said “no money will be exchanged, until further notice,” adding that other items “of far less importance” had been agreed to and that he would meet in the Situation Room to make a final determination.
According to Iranian state media, Rezaei previously told China’s CGTN that Iran would “break the blockade either through negotiation or, if not, through direct action.”
The outlet said Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for the United States’ and the Israeli regime’s latest bout of unprovoked aggression against the country and imposed stricter controls after Trump announced on April 13 that the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian vessels and ports would continue.
Iranian state media also reported that the two sides have held intermittent talks aimed at ending the war permanently.
