Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman BAGHAEI said at a Monday briefing the current talks should not be seen as separate from the Islamabad Understanding because the counterpart, demands and issue remain the same. Tehran’s demand is that the US implement commitments it accepted under the Islamabad Understanding but later violated. BAGHAEI said the US should first lift all sanctions imposed after that violation under the pretext of "economic exclusion actions" and carry out other agreed measures, inclu

Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman BAGHAEI said at a Monday briefing the current talks should not be seen as separate from the Islamabad Understanding because the counterpart, demands and issue remain the same. Tehran’s demand is that the US implement commitments it accepted under the Islamabad Understanding but later violated. BAGHAEI said the US should first lift all sanctions imposed after that violation under the pretext of "economic exclusion actions" and carry out other agreed measures, including unfreezing Iranian funds and assets. He said these steps are not diplomatic preconditions but are necessary to restore security in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf.