Iran Cancels April 22 Talks with U.S. in Islamabad, Citing American Violations of Framework

Gate News message, April 21 — Iran’s negotiating team announced through Pakistani intermediaries that it will not travel to Islamabad on April 22 for scheduled talks with the United States, citing various reasons and stating there is currently no possibility of participation.

According to sources, Iran had previously accepted a ceasefire agreement and agreed to conduct follow-up negotiations based on a ten-point framework it proposed that the U.S. accepted. Pakistan had publicly confirmed American acceptance of the framework. However, within days, the United States began violating its commitments. During the first round of talks held in Islamabad, the U.S. presented excessive demands that effectively contradicted the original framework, causing the negotiations to stall.

Sources indicated that in recent exchanges, the American side has continued to insist on these excessive demands, which they say infringe on the absolute rights of the Iranian people, and no substantive progress has been achieved. Iran concluded that participating in further talks under these circumstances would be a waste of time, as the United States is preventing any meaningful agreement from being reached.