Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (File Photo)
\n\nIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday blamed the United States for the failure of an interim deal with Iran. He, however, said there should be a new attempt at concluding it.
\n\nIn remarks on Iranian State TV, Pezeshkian said, "We were having negotiations, the cowards (Americans) messed everything up…I still think we should go and conclude it," Pezeshkian said.
\n\nMeanwhile, Iran's ambassador to Islamabad, Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam, on Saturday said that Tehran remains open to talks with Washington under a Pakistan-brokered interim deal.
\n\nMoghadam said that Iran recently conveyed through Pakistan that it was prepared to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if Washington lifted its naval blockade, but accused the US President of rejecting the proposal by insisting the blockade of Iranian ports would continue.
\n\nThe war began as US and Israel carried out joint airstrike on Iran on February 28, killing the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran responded with retaliatory strikes on Israel and Gulf states that host US bases.
\n\nThe two sides reached a ceasefire agreement in June which sought to restore shipping through the strait, lift the US naval blockade and begin negotiations toward a broader deal addressing…
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