The spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry says Tehran’s response to a proposal by the United States to end the war against the Islamic Republic is still under review, paying no heed to the Americans’ deadlines.
“The [US] proposal is still being reviewed, and once we reach a conclusion, we will announce it,” Esmaeil Baghaei told reporters on Friday.
Regarding some reports that the Americans have set a deadline for Iran to respond to the plan, he once again affirmed that the matter is still being examined.
“We are doing our own job and pay no attention to such deadlines,” Baghaei emphasized.
The Iranian spokesperson’s remarks came after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that Washington expected to receive Iran’s response to a US proposal later in the day.
The US and Israel initiated an unprovoked war of aggression against Iran since February 28 after assassinating Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and several high-ranking military commanders.
A Pakistani-mediated ceasefire was brokered on April 8, but subsequent talks failed to turn into an agreement due to Washington’s excessive demands.
Iranian officials have repeatedly criticized the United States for its approach to talks as the White House seeks to impose conditions rather than engage in genuine give-and-take.
In a Wednesday post on X, Baghaei elaborated on Tehran’s understanding of what negotiations entail, citing international law.
The concept of talks “needs ‘good faith’, then, meaning that ‘negotiations’ is not ‘disputation’; nor is it ‘dictation’, ‘deception’, ‘extortion’ or ‘coercion’,” he explained.
On the same day, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf dismissed certain reports about a supposed impending arrangement between Tehran and Washington, describing them as misleading and part of recurring fake media narratives originating in the United States.
In a post on X, Qalibaf referred to allegations published by the US-based outlet Axios regarding such an arrangement, ironically describing them as “Operation Fauxios.”
He suggested that the circulation of such reports reflected a routine pattern in US media coverage, particularly stories attributed to unnamed sources that Iranian officials have repeatedly rejected as unfounded and have later been proven invariably wrong.
