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Iran overseas ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei
Just 2 days earlier the ceasefire deadline ends, Iran hardened its stance connected talks with the United States, saying that keeping the doorway unfastened for dialog "does not mean to negociate astatine immoderate cost.
"The announcement, reported by authorities media Tasnim quality agency, comes arsenic US President Donald Trump connected Sunday said a US delegation volition question to Islamabad connected Monday for caller talks with Iran. "We’re offering a precise just and tenable deal, and I anticipation they instrumentality it because, if they don’t, the United States is going to sound retired each azygous powerfulness plant, and each azygous bridge, successful Iran. No much Mr. bully guy!" helium added.Foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said connected Monday that "Tehran presently has nary plans for a consequent circular of negotiations." Despite this, Iran has not ruled retired diplomacy altogether. Ebrahim Azizi, caput of the Iranian Parliament's National Security Committee, said successful an interrogation with Al Jazeera, arsenic cited by ANI, that engagement with Washington volition beryllium strictly connected nationalist priorities. He stated that "Iran acts based connected nationalist interests" and remains acceptable to bash immoderate is indispensable to "secure the country's interests and security".
Azizi emphasised that continuing dialog does not travel without limits, saying this "does not mean to negociate astatine immoderate cost". He stressed that Iran has defined reddish lines that "must beryllium observed," and that sending a delegation to Islamabad would beryllium connected receiving "constructive feedback" and a "positive signal" from the United States.Describing Tehran’s approach, Azizi said diplomacy is intimately linked to its subject posture.
"We spot the existent negotiations arsenic a continuation of the battlefield, and we spot thing different than the battlefield successful this," helium said. He added that talks would lone beryllium meaningful "if it yields achievements that prolong those of the battlefield", informing that this would not beryllium the lawsuit "if the Americans mean to crook this into a tract of excessive demands, based connected their bullying approach.
"He besides pointed to cardinal conditions for immoderate progress, noting that the "issue of Lebanon has been precise important for us" and that the "release of frozen assets" remains a priority.
Azizi warned that immoderate determination "contrary to the interests of the absorption front" would awesome rejection of Iran’s conditions and would person consequences.US–Iran ceasefire talks held successful Islamabad connected April 11 ended without immoderate agreement. The discussions, mediated by Pakistan, lasted astir 21 hours but failed to nutrient a breakthrough. The deadlock centred connected disagreements implicit the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s atomic programme.Iranian authorities outlets said the US naval blockade of Iranian ports remains a cardinal sticking point, with Tehran arguing it amounts to corporate punishment.
