Iranian officials say that they have yet to make a decision yet on participating in talks with the US in Pakistan, but were “positively reviewing” the matter, as the ceasefire between the two is set to expire on Wednesday.
“We have no plans for the next round of negotiation, and no decision has been made in this regard,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said on Monday.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump told media that Vice President JD Vance and the remainder of the delegation team are “enroute” to the Pakistani capital Islamabad, where the last ceasefire talks took place.
After initial talks in Islamabad ended without a deal earlier this month, both sides have accused the other of breaching a temporary truce that is now in its final days.
“The US is carrying out behaviours that do not in any way indicate seriousness in pursuing a diplomatic process,” Bagheri added, calling an ongoing US blockade of Iranian ports and its recent seizure of a ship “clear violations of the ceasefire”.
Trump has similarly accused Tehran of violating the truce – set to lapse overnight Tuesday – by firing on ships in the crucial Strait of Hormuz trade route, which Iran has all but shut.
The accusations have thrown into fresh doubt the bid to end the war that began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran the morning of February 28, killing the country’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
