Reacting to Trump’s latest remarks, Mohsen Rezaei, an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, wrote on X: “As predicted, the President of the United States is betraying diplomacy for the third time.
“By continuing the naval blockade and making excessive demands in negotiations, he has once again proven that he is not inclined toward negotiation and is pursuing other objectives.”
Iran’s Fars news agency earlier cited informed sources as saying that Trump’s latest comments were a “mixture of truth and lies”.
There was no provision to destroy nuclear materials in the memorandum of understanding, the agency reported.
Meanwhile, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told state TV it was “focused on ending the war, and there are no negotiations on the nuclear issue”.
The US has long demanded that Iran stop producing highly enriched uranium and dispose of its existing stockpile, which in theory could be used to create nuclear weapons.
Iran says its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful and denies it is seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
The possibility of the US being able to “recommence” strikes in Iran was floated by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
Speaking at a security summit in Singapore, he said: “Our stockpiles are more than suited for that, both there and around the globe, because of how we balance exquisite and more plentiful munitions.”
“So we’re in a very good place,” he added.
