The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Bakai: Washington's contempt for diplomacy is exposed again. President Trump's admission that he never believed in the Islamabad MOU and saw it as a waste of time exposes the hollowness of their diplomatic commitments. For Iran, this is not new. Washington has a long record of reneging on its commitments and treating international commitments as disposable whenever they become inconvenient. There is no justification for European countries and other apologists for Washington to continue to whitewash US misconduct and shield it from responsibility. Broken commitments cannot be excused, international law cannot be applied selectively, and no amount of political spin can absolve Washington of responsibility.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Bakai: Washington's contempt for diplomacy is exposed again. President Trump's admission that he never believed in the Islamabad MOU and saw it as a waste of time exposes the hollowness of their diplomatic commitments. For Iran, this is not new. Washington has a long record of reneging on its commitments and treating international commitments as disposable whenever they become inconvenient. There is no justification for European countries and other apologists for Washington to continue to whitewash US misconduct and shield it from responsibility. Broken commitments cannot be excused, international law cannot be applied selectively, and no amount of political spin can absolve Washington of responsibility.