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Iran has ruled out fresh negotiations with the United States as long as economic and logistical restrictions remain in place, even as reports point to growing internal strain within its leadership.\u00a0<\/p>
President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran would not return to the negotiating table while Washington continues to impose what he described as a blockade on Iranian ports.<\/p>
During a phone call with Pakistan\u2019s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Pezeshkian stressed that the US\u00a0\u201cshould first remove operational obstacles, including the blockade,\u201d before any new round of talks can begin, according to Iranian media reports. Sharif later described the exchange as a \u201cwarm and constructive discussion.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>
Must read |\u00a0Iran-US peace: Iran refuses direct talks with US. Trump cancels envoys\u2019 Pakistan trip. What now?<\/strong><\/em><\/p> The remarks come against the backdrop of heightened diplomatic activity. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi concluded a brief visit to Islamabad after meeting senior Pakistani military and government officials. However, the trip failed to revive stalled negotiations, particularly after US\u00a0President Donald Trump canceled a planned visit by his envoys to the Pakistani capital.\u00a0<\/p> Secret letter warns\u00a0mounting economic pressure<\/strong><\/p> Tensions have been further fuelled by Trump\u2019s recent claim that Iran\u2019s leadership is \u201cfighting like cats and dogs,\u201d alongside reports of a confidential letter that has intensified scrutiny over internal cohesion in Tehran.\u00a0<\/p> According to reports, the letter\u00a0\u2014 addressed to Mojtaba Khamenei \u2014 warned that Iran\u2019s economic situation had become severe and unsustainable. It reportedly urged authorities to seriously consider negotiations with the United States over the nuclear issue, indicating concern among senior officials about the country\u2019s direction amid mounting economic pressure following its conflict with the US\u00a0and Israel that began in late February.\u00a0<\/p> Don’t miss |\u00a0\u2018Largest missile strike in…\u2019: Iran\u2019s stark warning after US talks fail. Ceasefire in danger?<\/strong><\/em><\/p> The document is said to have been signed by several top figures, including Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Pezeshkian, Araghchi, and Mostafa Pourmohammadi. However, some officials, including Ali Bagheri Kani, reportedly declined to endorse it.\u00a0<\/p> Though intended to remain confidential, the letter was allegedly circulated beyond a limited circle, triggering sharp reactions within Iran\u2019s political establishment. Authorities have since moved quickly to counter perceptions of division.\u00a0<\/p> Ghalibaf dismissed speculation of internal rifts, stating, \u201cIn Iran there are no hardliners or moderates. We are all Iranian and revolutionary.\u201d Pezeshkian echoed similar sentiments, while judiciary chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei described talk of factionalism as \u201cabsurd and baseless.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <\/div> Iran, US relations, Masoud Pezeshkian, nuclear talks, economic crisis, Tehran politics, Donald Trump, Abbas Araghchi, Pakistan diplomacy, internal divisions#039Remove #blocade…039 #Iran #President #sets #precondition #talks #economic #pressure #mounts1777232308<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iran has ruled out fresh negotiations with the United States as long as economic and logistical restrictions remain in place, even as reports point to growing internal strain within its leadership.\u00a0 President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran would not return to the negotiating table while Washington continues to impose what he described as a blockade on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[27025,26549,27026,632,2554,27022,27024,968,27020,27028,27021,25428,27027,1956,1546,16068,903,27023,27019],"class_list":["post-7248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-marketing","tag-039remove","tag-abbas-araghchi","tag-blocade-039","tag-donald-trump","tag-economic","tag-economic-crisis","tag-internal-divisions","tag-iran","tag-masoud-pezeshkian","tag-mounts","tag-nuclear-talks","tag-pakistan-diplomacy","tag-precondition","tag-president","tag-pressure","tag-sets","tag-talks","tag-tehran-politics","tag-us-relations"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}