A top Iranian official has cast doubts on a deal being imminently reached between the US and Iran, telling CNN major roadblocks persist on issues like Iran’s nuclear program and uranium enrichment.
- Ebrahim Azizi, the head of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee told CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen that a “lack of trust” remains between the two sides and Tehran is yet to see a “serious will” from Washington to finalize the framework for any deal.
- Top Iranian official Ebrahim Azizi said today that Tehran has “no problem” pushing forward with peace talks with the United States in principle, so long as Iran is confident that the American side is being honest and sincere.
- Any potential agreement between the warring nations is hooked on the US changing its behavior amid a climate of deep mistrust.
- "if we could reach confidence that they are people of negotiation and that they also submit to the rules of negotiation, then the Islamic Republic, because it has the logic of negotiation, because it has the logic of dialogue, would have no problem with negotiating.”
- Tehran believes Trump is not being truthful amid negotiations.
- Speaking about the remaining sticking points in mediated talks, Azizi said Iran does “not see a serious will to reach a framework that could actually implement such a framework.”
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