We previously reported the head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security Committee telling Al Jazeera that Iran has decided to continue talks with the US.
Iran’s state media is now reporting that Iran is not currently planning to attend talks with the United States, after President Donald Trump ordered US negotiators to travel to Pakistan on Monday, just days before a ceasefire in the Middle East expires.
The ongoing US blockade of Iranian ports has been a significant sticking point, an issue further complicated by an American destroyer on Sunday firing on and seizing an Iranian ship that tried to evade it.
Tehran said it would retaliate, with Tasnim news agency reporting that Iran had sent drones in the direction of US military ships after its vessel was seized.
State broadcaster IRIB on Sunday cited Iranian sources as saying “there are currently no plans to participate in the next round of Iran-US talks”.