Tehran:Iran's Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf hit out at United States President Donald Trump for pressuring Tehran to participate in the second round of peace talks. Ghalibaf,Iran'stop negotiator, who led the delegation in the first round of talks with Washington, said that Iran would not accept negotiations under the "shadow of threat." He accused Trump of warmongering and even warned him of "new cards" on the battlefield.
"Trump, by imposing a siege and violating the ceasefire, seeks to turn this negotiating table—in his own imagination—into a table of surrender or to justify renewed warmongering," the Iranian parliament speaker wrote on his X account.
"We do not accept negotiations under the shadow of threats, and in the past two weeks, we have prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield," he added.
Mojtaba KhameneiGives 'Green Signal' To Iranian Delegation For US Talks:
Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has reportedly given the nod to the negotiating team to travel to Islamabad for the second round of the US peace talks. Khamenei gave permission to the Iranian negotiating team to participate in the talks on Monday night (April 20), reported Axios. Meanwhile, the report, citing three sources, also claimed that US Vice President JD Vance is expected to depart for Islamabad by Tuesday morning for talks with Iran over a potential deal to end the war.
The report regarding Mojtaba giving the green signal to the delegation surfaced a day after Iran's Foreign Ministry confirmed that the Iranian delegation would not hold any peace talks with the US.
The 14-day ceasefire between the two countries is ending on April 22. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened Iran with launching a bombing campaign against it if the deadline to hold talks is missed. Notably, the US was waiting for a signal from Tehran that it would participate in the peace talks. The Axios report also claimed that Iran was stalling the second round of peace talks due to pressure from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Meanwhile, US President JD Vance is expected to depart for Islamabad by Tuesday morning for talks with Iran.
Earlier this month, the US and Iran agreed to a 14-day ceasefire. The first round of peace talks between the two countries was held on April 1. However, the talks ended without any conclusion.
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