Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has said Tehran was “inches away” from sealing an agreement with Washington during high-level ceasefire negotiations held in Islamabad, before what he described as US “maximalism” caused the talks to collapse.
In a post on X, Araghchi said Iran had entered the talks “in good faith” with the aim of ending months of conflict. “Iran engaged with US in good faith to end war,” he wrote, adding that at a critical moment, “we encountered maximalism, shifting goalposts, and blockade.”
