US VP recently exchanged correspondence with the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Major General Rezaei; The exchange of messages between American and Iranian officials is not exceptional and has known precedents, reports Al Mayadeen

The resort of high-ranking American officials to correspondence reflects Washington's inability to achieve its goals through other means. Trump's claim that Vance's letter was in response to an Iranian request for equipment and medicine is completely false. The American reports that portray the correspondence as an indication of progress in the negotiations or of Iranian retreat are incorrect. Tehran will reveal the details of the message when it deems the time appropriate. Iran will not take any new steps before the seven points it informed the Americans of are implemented. Implementation of the first of the seven clauses must be completed in instalments. We will not accept that Syria, in any part of it, be a source of threat to any country, and we have said this since the first day after liberation. Reopening the Strait of Hormuz or launching new negotiations will not precede the implementation of Iranian conditions. Implementing the 7 points is a red line that cannot be crossed. Reintroducing the nuclear file reflects an American attempt to wrest the nuclear deterrent card from Iran. Mediators must adhere to the principles of mediation and not attempt to impose American demands on Iran. Tehran fears that removing enriched materials from the country could lead to new US aggression instead of ending the war. Tehran will not accept mediation that is limited to conveying American demands and pressuring it to accept them. The use of American bases in the region to launch attacks on our interests will be met with a response commensurate with the nature of the aggression. No one has the right to object to Iran targeting objectives within countries whose territories are used to attack our interests.