Iran’s top national security official on Sunday dismissed Washington’s response to Tehran’s demands over the Strait of Hormuz as inadequate and threatened attacks on infrastructure tied to America if war resumes. The threatened targets include undersea communications cables, data centers, and artificial intelligence facilities across the region.

Maj. Gen. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, delivered the warning as Tehran sought concessions from President Donald Trump’s administration. His council oversees the Islamic Republic’s national security and defense policies.

Speaking with Iranian state broadcaster Press TV, Rezaei estimated that technology infrastructure linked to America in the region is worth more than $2 trillion. He warned that assets previously excluded from attacks could become targets during another conflict.

“The pulse of the American economy in this region runs through our part of the world,” Rezaei said. He specifically included undersea cables and artificial intelligence facilities among the infrastructure that Iran could target if fighting starts again.

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The threat goes further than Iran’s previous demands to impose fees on communications cables traveling through the Strait of Hormuz. Those cables support international communications, financial transactions, and technology services across the region.

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Major General Mohsen Rezaei said that Iran was prepared for renewed hostilities and would respond with a broader military plan and capabilities it has yet to demonstrate.

“We are fully prepared to demonstrate new capabilities if war breaks out again,” he said. He noted that valuable US assets in the UAE and around Hormuz remained outside Iran’s target list, underscoring the additional options available to Tehran. “America has highly valuable assets in the UAE and around the Strait of Hormuz that we have not yet included among our targets,” Rezaei said. He warned that renewed war would expose cables, data centers, artificial intelligence facilities, and other regional sites to destruction, estimating the cables and technology facilities in the region at more than $2 trillion. “If any new confrontation occurs today, we will confront the enemy with a much broader and more comprehensive plan,” he said. #Iran #IranWar #WestAsia #USA — Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) October 11, 2026

Rezaei issued the warning while Tehran pressed Washington to accept seven conditions for reopening the strategic waterway and restarting negotiations. Those conditions include ending the American naval blockade and removing restrictions on Iranian oil sales.

The Iranian official claimed Washington had accepted some of Tehran’s conditions, but he did not identify them. The Trump administration has not publicly acknowledged accepting any of Iran’s demands.

“We are not in the process of responding to the Americans. They have responded to us, and we consider their response inadequate,” Rezaei said. He also insisted Iran would not return to its previous negotiating framework, although he maintained that Tehran had not abandoned diplomacy.

The U.S. has agreed to some of Iran’s seven conditions, but we consider its response INADEQUATE. Iranian diplomacy has changed and there will be no return to the status quo ante.

— محسن رضایی (@ir_rezaee) October 11, 2026

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Trump previously rejected Tehran’s proposal to trade American concessions for the reopening of Hormuz. “I reject their proposal,” the president told reporters.

The president has nevertheless kept diplomatic channels available, calling recent exchanges with Tehran “productive discussions.” At the same time, he has maintained the blockade and refused to retreat from his demand that Iran be prevented from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

Trump said last week that he did not intend to order new attacks against Iran before the November midterm elections, although he has repeatedly left open the possibility of military action if negotiations collapse. “As far as I’m concerned, it’s going to be one way or the other. And it’s going to go pretty quickly,” Trump said during earlier remarks.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz dismissed Iran’s earlier proposal as a “garbage deal,” stressing that Trump would not accept an agreement allowing the regime to continue pursuing nuclear weapons. Vice President JD Vance said last week that Tehran must meaningfully reduce its uranium enrichment capabilities to obtain an agreement.

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Iranian officials have continued rejecting those demands. Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said Thursday that Tehran would not surrender its claimed right to enrich uranium or relinquish its existing enriched uranium stockpile.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that the administration’s economic campaign against Iran had moved beyond maximum pressure to “absolute isolation.” Through Operation Economic Outcast, the Treasury Department has targeted Iranian oil exports, its shadow fleet shipping network, and sanctions evasion operations while restricting access to overseas assets.

Bessent cited the halt in new Iranian crude shipments, the rial’s collapse, and shrinking foreign currency reserves as signs of growing economic pressure. “I don’t know how this ends. You never know how this ends. The Berlin Wall just came down one day,” he said.

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The U.S. naval blockade has sharply reduced Iranian oil exports while allowing shipments from neighboring Gulf producers to continue. On Saturday, U.S. Central Command said an American fighter jet disabled the Panama-registered cargo vessel M/V Ocean Molica, also known as Arika Sun, after it ignored repeated warnings and attempted to breach the blockade.

The precision strike disabled the ship’s propulsion system without injuring the crew. Since the blockade resumed in July, CENTCOM has turned back 135 vessels, disabled four commercial ships, and destroyed ten tankers linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ shadow fleet.

U.S. Forces Disable Cargo Vessel Attempting to Violate Blockade

TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces disabled a commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman, Oct. 10, after the ship’s crew ignored repeated warnings and attempted to run the ongoing naval blockade against Iran. A U.S. military fighter jet struck the stern of Panama-flagged M/V Ocean Molica (also known as the “Arika Sun”) with a precision munition, fully disabling the ship’s propulsion without harming the crew. The large cargo vessel was attempting to transit regional waters after having previously departed an Iranian port. CENTCOM forces resumed America’s blockade against all ships entering or departing Iranian ports on July 14. Four commercial vessels have been disabled and 135 ships have been turned around during three months of strict enforcement. Additionally, U.S. forces have destroyed 10 tankers linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' multibillion-dollar shadow network over the same period. All mariners are advised to heed blockade warnings from CENTCOM forces. Crews should also continue to monitor Notice to Mariners broadcasts and contact U.S. naval forces on bridge-to-bridge channel 16 when operating in the Gulf of Oman and Strait of Hormuz approaches. — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) October 11, 2026

Rezaei nevertheless insisted Tehran would retain authority over the Strait of Hormuz, including the power to impose charges for shipping security, insurance, and environmental protection. Washington has repeatedly rejected those conditions.

Iran’s threats have also targeted American military forces as additional U.S. assets move toward the region. On Sunday, an IRGC spokesman posted an image showing a missile system targeting an American aircraft carrier with the message, “We are waiting.”

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