ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iranian parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Wednesday that three key clauses of a 10-point proposal submitted to the United States have been violated ahead of Washington-Tehran talks.
Ghalibaf said in a statement that the proposal includes the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Lebanon, a ban on further violations of Iranian airspace, and Iran’s right to nuclear enrichment. He claimed that all three provisions have already been breached.
"In such [a] situation, a bilateral ceasefire or negotiation is unreasonable,” he warned.
US officials, however, say the final version submitted to Washington does not include the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon or Tehran’s right to nuclear enrichment. US President Donald Trump has described the proposal as a “workable basis” on which to negotiate.
The US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire early Wednesday, shortly before Trump’s deadline for Iran to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz was set to expire.
Shortly before Ghalibaf’s statement, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the US must choose between a ceasefire and continued war through Israel. “It cannot have both."
"The world sees the massacres in Lebanon. The ball is in the U.S. court, and the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments," he added.
Araghchi also shared remarks by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who said the ceasefire covers Lebanon as well. Pakistan played a key mediating role in the US-Iran talks that led to the truce.
Pakistan is scheduled to host the first round of talks between the US and Iran following the ceasefire on Friday.