23/06/2026
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23/06/2026
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TEHRAN / WASHINGTON, Jun 23: Iran has said negotiations with the United States on a final agreement will begin only after both sides start implementing key provisions of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding , according to Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei .
Baghaei said Tehran’s position is that talks on a final deal cannot move forward until practical steps are taken on five central points included in the memorandum. These include ending military operations on all fronts, lifting the US naval blockade, restoring safe commercial passage through the Strait of Hormuz , issuing waivers for Iranian oil exports and related transactions, and making Iran’s frozen or restricted funds fully available.
He said discussions on a comprehensive agreement would begin once implementation of these articles is underway.
The comments come amid renewed attention on the status of US-Iran negotiations and questions over inspection commitments. US President Donald Trump said he would “cancel the meetings right now” if reports that Iran had denied scheduled International Atomic Energy Agency inspections were true.
Trump insisted that Tehran had agreed to “100% inspections” under what he described as an “amazing deal.”
Iran has not linked the start of final agreement talks to Trump’s remarks, instead emphasizing that implementation of the Islamabad MoU remains the main condition for moving the diplomatic process forward.
