Iran Accuses US of 'Reckless Military Adventure'
Iran's foreign ministry has described the United States' latest military posture as a 'reckless military adventure'. According to the BBC, Tehran repeated that Washington's ceasefire proposal is unacceptable to its negotiating team.
Iran's foreign ministry has issued a statement describing the United States' latest military posture as a 'reckless military adventure'. According to the BBC, Tehran repeated that the ceasefire proposal put forward by Washington remains unacceptable to its negotiating team.
Iranian officials said the inspection conditions Washington has requested for nuclear sites would amount to interference with the country's sovereignty. The statement came shortly after President Donald Trump publicly rejected Iran's response, and was read by foreign diplomats as a deliberately sharp reply.
Iran said negotiations have not been formally cut off but no progress can be made while military options are still openly on the table. Tehran said contacts with mediator countries to keep back-channel diplomacy alive have intensified, while the oil market continues to trade on edge over the conflict's next phase.
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