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Tasnim: Iran-US talks in Islamabad will not start until Israel stops strikes on Lebanon

Tehran declares that it has not carried out a missile strike since the ceasefire was announced

Абас Арагчи и Мохамед Галибаф, Снимка: YouTube

The talks planned in Islamabad between Iranian and US representatives will not start until Washington fulfills its promises regarding the cessation of hostilities by Israeli forces in Lebanon, the Iranian Tasnim news agency reported.

According to a source in the media,“ the talks in Islamabad have been suspended until the United States fulfills its commitments to a ceasefire in Lebanon“ and Israel stops the attacks.

In this regard, the agency's source denied reports of the arrival of an Iranian negotiating team in the Pakistani capital. "These reports are false," he said.

Hours earlier, The Wall Street Journal, citing its sources, reported that an Iranian delegation led by the Speaker of the Islamic Republic's Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had arrived in Islamabad to participate in talks with the United States.

According to the newspaper, the talks will be held on April 11, and Vice President Vance will lead the American delegation.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that the Iranian army had not launched missile strikes against any country or targets located in other countries since the ceasefire was announced.

“The Islamic Republic's armed forces have not launched missiles or carried out drone strikes against any country during the ceasefire,” the newspaper said. Corps statement.

The Guards added that “if the Iranian military strikes any target, we will announce it officially“.

Any other actions not mentioned in such statements “have nothing to do with Iran“.