Sources say Iran will not participate in the US-Iran talks on the 22nd

On the evening of April 21 local time, a reporter from the main station learned that Iran’s negotiation team had informed the U.S. through intermediaries in Pakistan that, for various reasons, they would not travel to Islamabad, Pakistan on the 22nd, and there is currently no possibility of participating in the negotiations. Relevant sources pointed out that after Pakistan stepped in to mediate and asked the United States for a ceasefire, Iran accepted the ceasefire agreement and agreed to hold follow-up negotiations to bring an end to the war based on the ten-point framework proposed by Iran, which had been accepted by the United States. Pakistan also clearly announced that the United States had accepted this framework. However, in the days that followed, the United States began to renege on its commitments. In addition, during the first round of talks held in Islamabad, the United States put forward many excessive demands, which in practice violated the original framework and caused that round of negotiations to fall into a deadlock. The sources also said that in recent days of communications, the United States has insisted on its excessive demands, which infringe on the absolute rights of the Iranian people, and that the two sides’ exchanges have made no substantive progress. Therefore, today Iran ultimately announced that, under these circumstances, participating in negotiations would be a waste of time because the United States is preventing any substantive agreement from being reached. As of now, this information has not yet been officially confirmed by Iran. (CCTV News)