00:00We continue with information from the Middle East, where negotiations between Iran and the United States in Islamabad concluded without
00:06an agreement,
00:07due to the excessive demands of the U.S. authorities, according to the Iranian delegation.
00:12At the end of the third round of the Iraq negotiations, the Iranian agency Tasnim revealed that, as a common
00:18understanding was being established,
00:20the U.S. delegation obstructed progress with excessive demands.
00:23The consultations continued while Iran insisted on preventing its military achievements and the rise of the Iranian people.
00:30According to sources, the United States is making unreasonable demands regarding the Strait of Hormuz,
00:35seeking through negotiations which she failed to achieve during weeks of confrontation,
00:41including production schemes for ships and escort of oil tankers.
00:49In this context, the Vice President of the United States, J.D. Vance,
00:53announced that the negotiations with Iran did not result in an agreement between the two nations.
00:57This comes after the White House maintained its demand for Iran to end its nuclear program.
01:02Despite Teheran's repeated assertion that the country's nuclear program is exclusively peaceful
01:07and that this stance is supported by international organizations,
01:10the United States maintains its demand for Iran to end it.
01:14In this regard, the North American delegation stated that Iran did not accept the proposals of this counterpart.
01:19Let's recall that the Persian delegation insisted on the lifting of U.S. sanctions
01:23and the exercise of its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz,
01:26which are indispensable conditions for advancing in any negotiation.
01:30Furthermore, the U.S. announced that it would withdraw from Islamabad,
01:33despite a new run of talks having been scheduled for Sunday.
01:40We've been at it now for 21 hours and we've had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians.
01:48That's the good news.
01:49The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement.
01:52And I think that's bad news for Iran much more than it's bad news for the United States of America.
01:56So we go back to the United States having not come to an agreement.
02:01At the end of the talks with the United States,
02:03the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Vagey stated that
02:07although agreement was reached on several points, the positions remain far apart.
02:18It has been about 24 to 25 hours, meaning since yesterday morning when indirect talks began through a Pakistani mediator
02:29with messages exchanged between the two sides, and the process has continued uninterrupted until now.
02:37Discussions went on throughout the night, covering a range of topics, including those raised in our 10-point proposal,
02:45as well as points made by the other side.
02:49In reality, we reached understandings on several issues, but on two or three important matters.
02:57The views were far apart, and ultimately these discussions did not lead to an agreement.
03:10And for his part, the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohamed Beger Galibaf,
03:15gave statements after the 21-hour negotiations with the U.S. delegation.
03:19On a post on his social media account, ex-galibaf express,
03:23I emphasized before the negotiations that we have the necessary goodwill and intention,
03:27but due to the experiences from the previous two wars, we do not trust the other side.
03:32Highlighting that despite the proposal put forward, the other side ultimately failed to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation.
03:39He also expressed that,
03:41We believe that diplomacy of power is another approach along a military struggle for the realization of the rights of
03:46the Iranian people,
03:47and we will not cease our efforts to consolidate the achievements of 40 days of national defense by the Iranians
03:53for a moment.
04:02Meanwhile, the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Corps of Iran, Esmail Qani,
04:08said that the so-called axis of resistance maintains a high-level cohesion and strength in the region.
04:13According to him, the bloc is more united than in previous stages,
04:17and has reinforced its capacity to withstand external pressure.
04:20The same comes after several days of attacks in different areas of Lebanon amid the fragility of the ceasefire agreed
04:26in 2024.
04:27For his part, the leader of Hezbollah, Nassim Qasem, assured that his organization would maintain its position.
04:34Meanwhile, from Teheran, they retaliated their willingness to respond to a potential escalation.
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