Iran reveals how it plans to approach talks with US
Photo: portrait of Ali Khamenei in Tehran (Getty Images)
Iran will approach peace talks with the United States much more cautiously than previous negotiations due to a significant breakdown in trust, said Iran’s ambassador to the UN, Ali Bahreini, according to Reuters.
"We are not putting any trust in the other side. Our military forces are keeping their preparedness...but meanwhile, we will go for negotiations to see how serious the other side is," he said.
Bahreini also stressed that the war will affect the future legal regime of the Strait of Hormuz.
The agency noted that Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he had invited Iranian and US delegations to a meeting in Islamabad on Friday, April 10. It is expected to be the first official peace talks since the start of the war.
Iran’s President confirmed his country’s participation, while the United States has not provided an official response.
Reuters recalled that previous talks in Geneva at the end of February resulted in some progress but no breakthrough. They were supposed to continue in Vienna before the US and Israel launched their operation in Iran two days later.
"Because of that reason, everything is now temporary. Even the arrangements for the Strait of Hormuz is temporary," Bahreini emphasized.
Ceasefire between the US and Iran
On the night of April 8, just hours before the US ultimatum expired, US President Donald Trump said he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran in exchange for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
In addition, the media reported that the first direct talks between Washington and Tehran since the start of the war are scheduled for Friday, April 10, in Pakistan’s capital. The US delegation is likely to be led by Vice President JD Vance.
Iran said it would demand payment in cryptocurrency for oil tanker transit through the Strait of Hormuz during the temporary ceasefire with the United States.
