Iran says ‘no decision’ has been made whether to attend second round of peace talks with US

Iran says ‘no decision’ has been made whether to attend second round of peace talks with US


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Iran said Monday that no decision has yet been made whether to attend the second round of peace talks with the United States in Pakistan as the clerical regime accused Washington of violating the ceasefire by seizing its Touska cargo ship.

The country announced Sunday it wasn’t joining a second round of negotiations, blaming Washington’s “excessive demands” but the regime’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei wasn’t quite as emphatic.

“As of now… we have no plans for the next round of negotiation, and no decision has been made in this regard,” Baqaei told reporters hours later, according to the state’s Tasnim News Agency. 

Security personnel guard a temporarily closed road in Islamabad ahead of anticipated US-Iran peace talks. AFP via Getty Images

Baqaei accused Washington of violating the ceasefire after the vessel was seized, describing it as an “act of aggression.”

He claimed Iran had faced “bad faith”

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