Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said on Wednesday that the exchange of messages with the United States has continued since the delegations returned from Islamabad, through Pakistani mediation. He stressed that Iran entered the negotiations with the aim of ending the war, securing its rights, and obtaining compensation.

Baghaei also emphasized that Tehran does not confirm what has been reported by Western media regarding the details of the negotiations, noting the possibility of hosting a Pakistani delegation to review the positions of both sides.

He added that reports about an extension of the ceasefire are unconfirmed, noting that Pakistan is the only channel for exchanging messages between Iran and the United States.

Regarding the regional file, he affirmed that Iran will remain alongside the resistance in Lebanon, considering that ending the war there is a key element in any ceasefire agreement, and blaming what he described as the US and Israeli war for the disruption of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Iran will not give up its right to enrichment

On the nuclear file, Baghaei said that Iran is open to negotiating the level of uranium enrichment, but will not relinquish its right to enrichment, stressing that positions continue to be conveyed to the US side through the Pakistani mediator.

For his part, US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News that the war with Iran is very close to ending, in light of a two-week ceasefire, one week of which has already passed.

He said, I think it is close to ending. Yes. I see it as very close to ending. Even so, the United States is not finished yet.

The US president justified entering the war by saying it was necessary to dismantle Iran’s nuclear capability.