A prominent Iranian jurist has emphasized the necessity of supporting the negotiations while urging the nation to remain united and vigilant regarding the final outcomes.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has stressed Tehran’s good will yet it’s distrust of the Americans regarding US attacks amid two rounds of previous talks.
Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, Tehran’s interim Friday prayer leader, stated that Iran will not negotiate over its missile capabilities and will never accept a suspension of uranium enrichment, describing U.S. calls for such measures as unrealistic and unacceptable.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, who met with President Erdoğan and Turkey’s foreign minister during his visit to Ankara on Friday, told CNN Türk that “there is currently no serious basis for negotiations with Washington.”
In response to recent media reports concerning its position on the state of negotiations and disarmament, senior Hamas official Dr Basem Naim said the movement “has a clear and declared position: it is waiting for a response to the proposal submitted by the mediators, which it has already approved.”
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has rejected the “unconditional surrender” for negotiations stressing the futility of engaging in talks with the US if Washington continues to dictate conditions on Tehran.
In its statement, Hamas stressed that what Israel is doing in the Gaza Strip is not simply military pressure, but rather “a brutal act of revenge against innocent civilians.”
“The Hamas leadership delegation received a proposal from the mediators on Thursday to resume negotiations. The movement responded with responsibility and positivity, submitting its reply early Friday,” the group said in a statement.