Iran says time for US to decide ‘whether it can earn our trust’ after talks

After their face-to-face talks yielded no agreement, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Sunday said it was now time for the United States to decide whether it can “earn” Tehran’s trust.

In a post on X, written in Persian, Ghalibaf said: “America has understood our logic and principles, and now it’s time for it to decide whether it can earn our trust or not?”

Ghalibaf, who led the Iranian delegation, recalled that before the negotiations, he “emphasised that we have the necessary good faith and will, but due to the experiences of the two previous wars, we have no trust in the opposing side”.

“My colleagues on the Iranian delegation Minaab168 raised forward-looking initiatives, but the opposing side ultimately failed to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation in this round of negotiations,” he added.

The Iranian parliament speaker went on to state: “We certainly consider diplomacy of authority to be another method, alongside military struggle, for achieving the rights of the Iranian people, and we will not stop for a moment from trying to consolidate the achievements of the 40 days of Iranian national defence.”

Ghalibaf also thanked the efforts of “our friendly and brotherly country” Pakistan, for facilitating the process of the negotiations, sending his regards to Pakistanis.

Remarking that Iran was a “body with 90 million souls”, Ghalibaf expressed his gratitude to the people of Iran who, “following the advice of the Supreme Leader and by taking to the streets, supported their children and sent us on our way with their blessings”.

“To my colleagues in these intense 21-hour negotiations, I say: well done, may God strengthen you. Long live and enduring be our dear Iran!”

Ghalibaf’s statement comes after historic direct talks between Iran and the United States — known as the Islamabad Talks — ended without an agreement on Sunday.

Delegations from the two sides, with Ghalibaf leading the Iranian side and US Vice President JD Vance leading his team, had met in Islamabad on Saturday for talks mediated by Pakistan.

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