The United States failed to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation in talks in Islamabad, according to the lead Iranian negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, CNN reports.
"Before the negotiations, I emphasized that we have the necessary goodwill and determination, but due to experiences from the previous two wars, we do not trust the other side," Ghalibaf wrote on X after 21 hours of talks.
"My colleagues in the Iranian delegation presented 168 constructive and forward-looking proposals, however, the opposing side ultimately failed in this round of talks to gain the delegation's trust."
"America understood our logic and principles, and now it is time for it to decide whether it can earn our trust or not," Ghalibaf added in his post.
Ghalibaf, who is the speaker of the Iranian parliament and a veteran of Iran's Islamic regime, said diplomacy was "another method besides military struggle to secure the rights of the Iranian nation, and we will never stop our efforts to consolidate the achievements of the 40-day national defense of the Iranian people."
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