Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Washington has shown it was "not serious" about pursuing the
diplomatic process and Tehran would not change its clearly stated demands, adding that it did not believe in deadlines or ultimatums when safeguarding national interests.
Trump earlier warned that the U.S. would destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran if it rejected his terms, continuing a recent pattern of such threats.
Iran has said that if the United States were to attack its civilian infrastructure, it would strike power stations and desalination plants in its Gulf Arab neighbours.
A ceasefire between the United States and Iran appeared in jeopardy on Monday after the U.S. said it had seized an Iranian cargo ship that tried to run its blockade and Tehran vowed to retaliate, refusing for now to join new peace talks.
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They’re close to a deal to end the
Iran war. They’re not. The Strait of Hormuz is open. It’s not. The uranium required to create a nuclear weapon is about to be shipped out of Iran. It’s not.
The two sides that have opposed each other in the war are issuing opposite assessments of the negotiations that are either moving toward a broad settlement or are not – and could be followed by higher-level meetings in Pakistan as soon as Monday night that might bring a conclusive end to the weeks-long crisis but might not.
In a war with so many moving parts, there are moving parts inside the moving parts
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