Talks with US won't happen while interim deal is breached, says Araghchi

Middle East Eye reports that Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that Tehran and Washington are not engaged in direct talks and will not start them while the US continues to breach an interim agreement reached in June. Messages are being exchanged through intermediaries. Araghchi also stated that an agreement between Iran and Muscat regarding the Strait of Hormuz is in final stages, though it would not immediately reopen the waterway. Instead, the deal would establish new shipping lanes once the US fulfills other conditions and the strait is reopened to traffic.

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