Galibaf: Ball in the US court, Iran is determined to end the situation without war and without peace.
Tehran, Irena. The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bajar Ghalibaf, says that Tehran has sent a clear and logical response detailing its conditions to the US, but Washington has not yet issued an official or specific answer, leaving the next move up to the US.
In an exclusive interview with the Al-Jazeera television network, Jalibaf, who is also the head of Iran's negotiating team, said that Tehran's response referred to the legitimate rights of the Iranian people, who faced aggression, threats and crimes by the US and Israel.
“The ball is now in the US court; It must make a decision and announce it," he said, referring to the seven conditions that Iran has set as preconditions for further negotiations.
Khalibaf said Tehran remains ready to reach an agreement if Washington honors its previous commitments and abandons its excessive demands.
He identified mistrust in the United States as the main obstacle to the deal, pointing to Washington's record of hostility toward Iran and its repeated failure to meet commitments.
"The main obstacle to the agreement is this lack of trust," Ghalibaf said, adding that the US cannot expect Tehran to agree to all its demands.
He also rejected the U.S. criticism that Iran’s demands were “unreasonable,” and stated that they were dealing with basic rights and not further concessions.
Halibaf said that Tehran's demands include an end to the American naval blockade of Iranian ports, an end to intervention in the Strait of Hormuz, the withdrawal of additional American forces deployed in the area following the war, and the lifting of sanctions.
He described the naval blockade as a "brutal act of war under international law", saying it had blocked food supplies, trade and health services and disrupted people's lives.
"These are the minimum conditions we set so that if they are met we can continue negotiations," he added.