MNE Iran says negotiations with US continue “without interruptions”

O iran’s chief of diplomacy said that the country and the United States (US) maintain “no interruptions” negotiations to end the war through intermediaries such as Pakistan.

“ Our negotiations with the American side, through mediating countries such as Pakistan and Qatar, continue uninterrupted,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview with Iraqi broadcaster Al-Akhbariya.

In September, Iran proposed the so-called “seven-day plan” for the reopening of the Strait of Ormuz.

The proposal requires the lifting of the naval blockade and sanctions on Iranian oil, the end of the war on all fronts and the release of frozen Iranian funds abroad, among other measures, as a condition for reopening the maritime passage.

“ On the sixth day of that period, the Strait of Ormuz should be fully open. The Americans told us that they agree with these conditions, but they want to add some additional clauses,” said the head of diplomacy of the Islamic Republic.

Araghchi, who avoided going into details on US proposals, indicated that, once all the clauses of the pact have been fulfilled, Iran is open to open negotiations on other matters without specifying them.

“ At the final stage of the negotiations, it will be possible to discuss any issue or problem raised by either party and reach a definitive agreement,” the diplomat said.

On Tuesday, Iran ensured that it will not allow any amount of enriched uranium to leave the country and reiterated that the US will have to fulfil Tehran's conditions to end the war.

“ Not even a tiny amount of enriched nuclear materials will leave Iran. They constitute an important asset and national wealth for the Iranian people,” said Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of the National Security Council, quoted by state television.

The fate of the Iranian reserves of highly enriched uranium is one of the main points of divergence in the negotiations between Tehran and Washington.

The United States demands that the reserves be removed from Iranian territory, while Tehran advocates the dilution of uranium on national territory as the only solution.

Iran’s main negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, stated in the meantime that Tehran has “nothing new” to transmit to the United States and insisted on fulfilling the conditions previously presented by the Iranian regime.

“We have nothing new to say,” said Ghalibaf, during a meeting with the Pakistani Army chief, Marshal Asim Munir.

Pakistan is one of the countries involved in mediating negotiations between Iran and the United States to try to end the conflict.