Iran hasn’t decided whether to attend peace talks after US ‘flip flops’

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22 Apr 2026 • 1:24 AM MYT
The Independent
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Iran hasn’t decided whether to attend peace talks after US ‘flip flops’

  • Iran has not yet made a decision on whether to attend talks with the United States in Pakistan, foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said Tuesday.
  • Baghaei said that U.S. moves against two Iranian vessels amounted to "piracy at sea and state terrorism" and questioned Washington's seriousness in negotiating.
  • ”We went to this negotiation with good faith and sense of seriousness, but you have a negotiating party that has shown its lack of seriousness, lack of good faith,” he stated. “They're changing their position frequently, these flip flops, threats of war crimes."
  • US president Donald Trump has said the current ceasefire will end on Wednesday evening Washington time, and that it is “highly unlikely” he will extend it.
  • "I expect to be bombing because I think that's a better attitude to go in with,” he told CNBC Tuesday. “But we're ready to go. I mean, the military is raring to go.”

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