Al Jazeera reported Iran's president Pezeshkian said Iran "no longer trusts
negotiations with Washington" because the US repeatedly launches attacks and
imposes sanctions after talks. He said Qatar and Pakistan are mediating and
relaying Tehran's messages to Washington. Pezeshkian said negotiations rest on a
previously signed memorandum of understanding and that the Americans must state
their position on it. He blamed the United States for the closure of the Strait
of Hormuz, saying "it was the US that blocked our path" and that closing the
strait is a "natural" response when Iran's path is blocked; he added the Hormuz
crisis can be resolved through negotiations and that if talks resolve the
dispute the waterway "will remain open to trade".
