Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf stated that while Iran put forth several forward-looking initiatives during the Islamabad talks on April 11, the United States ultimately failed to gain the trust of the Iranian negotiators.
“I emphasized before the negotiations that we have the necessary goodwill and intention, but due to the experiences from the previous two wars, we do not trust the other side,” Qalibaf said in a post on his X account on Sunday.
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“My colleagues in Iran’s Minab-168 delegation presented forward-looking initiatives, but the other side ultimately failed to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation in this round of negotiations,” he added.
“The United States understood our logic and principles, and now it is time to decide whether it can earn our trust or not,” Qalibaf noted.
“We believe that diplomacy of power is another approach alongside military struggle for the realization of the rights of the Iranian people, and we will not cease our efforts to consolidate the achievements of forty days of national defense by the Iranians for a moment,” he said.
“I appreciate the efforts of our friendly and brotherly country, Pakistan, for facilitating the process of these negotiations, and I send greetings to the people of Pakistan,” the Parliament speaker noted.
Qalibaf also lauded the “heroic people of Iran” for being present in the streets and praying the negotiators, and appreciated the Iranian negotiators for their tireless efforts during intensive 21-hour negotiations in Pakistan.
Source: Tasnim news agency