According to Mohammad Ghaber Ghalibaf, there is progress in the negotiations regarding the cessation of hostilities between the US and Israel with Iran, but the parties are still far from reaching an agreement.
In the negotiations between Iran and the US regarding the cessation of hostilities, there is progress, but both sides are still far from reaching an agreement, said the Speaker of the Islamic Republic's Parliament, Mohammad Ghaber Ghalibaf, on Saturday evening, April 18, during a broadcast on state television.
"We are still far from the concluding round of negotiations. <...> We have made progress in the talks, but many disagreements remain, and some fundamental issues are still open," the politician's words are quoted by the AFP agency. On the same day, he announced Iran's military victory, explaining that the US allegedly did not achieve its goals, while Tehran controls the strategically important Strait of Hormuz. He claims that the Islamic Republic agreed to a ceasefire only because the US accepted its demands.
Mohammad Ghaber Ghalibaf was part of the Iranian delegation that participated in negotiations in Islamabad to end the war in Iran with an American group led by US Vice President J.D. Vance.
After the meeting on April 12, Vance told reporters that the American delegation was leaving the capital of Pakistan without reaching an agreement. According to him, Iran did not provide firm guarantees of abandoning nuclear weapons.
The two-week ceasefire, established on April 7 between Washington and Tehran, is set to expire on Wednesday, April 22.
