Iran has suspended its obligations under the agreement reached with the United States a month ago, said Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi. CNN reports, writes UNN.
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The memorandum of understanding between the parties ended several weeks of hostilities and opened the possibility for detailed negotiations, but in fact ceased to be in effect after an exchange of strikes between Iran and the United States.
"We were negotiating. Unfortunately, it was the Americans who resorted to these aggressive actions, violating their own commitments," Gharibabadi said on Iranian state television on Saturday.
According to him, as a result, "we have suspended the implementation of all our obligations and in fact no longer fulfill them."
His statement is another sign that negotiations between Iran and the United States, mediated by Qatar and Pakistan, have effectively reached a dead end.
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed the ceasefire regime had "ceased to exist" after an Iranian drone attacked a vessel passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
"Now we are focused on defending our country," Gharibabadi said. "We will do this firmly and decisively. I think the Americans have received an answer again: their aggressive actions will get them nowhere."
Earlier this week, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei stated that Tehran would continue to respond "decisively" to U.S. strikes and currently has no plans to return to negotiations.
"We currently have no plans for negotiations and are focused on defending the country," Baghaei told reporters in Tehran on Wednesday.
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