Kazem Gharibabadi, Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, yesterday (Saturday) in an interview in response to the question whether you have had any contact from the Americans to continue negotiations? He said: We were in negotiations and unfortunately the Americans took aggressive actions in violation of their commitments under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.
Gharibabadi continued: What we are facing now is the unified and decisive defense of the country and I think the Americans have already received their answer that these aggressive actions will not get them anywhere.
He said: If they are wise, they should choose other solutions. The solution that is before us is to decisively defend the country and teach a lesson to the aggressors.
The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister noted: The US has practically violated all its commitments and has stopped everything, and we have stopped our commitments under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding and are not implementing them.
This senior Iranian diplomat reminded: We have no new news except that we are busy defending the country.
It is worth noting that the presidents of Iran and the US signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding in 14 clauses to end the war.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran strongly condemned the US Treasury’s move to lift the temporary suspension of the embargo on the sale of Iranian oil, which is a gross violation of Clause 10 of the Memorandum of Understanding to end the war, and holds the US government responsible for the consequences of this breach of promise.