Progress has been made in talks with Washington, but gaps remain over nuclear issues and the Strait of Hormuz, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says
Iran will not yield to US pressure, parliament speaker and top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has said. He stressed that progress has been made in the negotiations, though fundamental issues are still unresolved.
The first round of US-Iran talks in Islamabad took place last weekend in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. Following the negotiations, US President Donald Trump announced a blockade of Iranian ports and shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which handles around 25% of the global crude oil trade.
On Friday, Iran opened the waterway for all commercial vessels, framing the move as part of ceasefire arrangements linked to the Israel-Lebanon truce and broader regional de-escalation efforts. The strait was, however, closed again the following day after Trump said the US blockade of Iranian ports would remain in full force until a peace deal is reached.
“We will stand to the end,” Ghalibaf said, speaking in a televised address aired early Sunday.
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