Iran’s President Pezeshkian decries blockade, calls for dialogue amid deadlock with U.S.

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INTERNATIONAL (NPA) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has reiterated his country’s readiness to engage in dialogue and reach agreements with the United States, even as tensions escalate and scheduled peace talks falter.

In a statement on Thursday, Pezeshkian said that “bad faith, siege, and threats are the main obstacles to genuine negotiation.” He accused unnamed counterparts of hypocrisy, noting the contradiction between their public claims and actual actions.

Posting separately on his verified X account, the Iranian leader emphasized that the Islamic Republic continues to welcome dialogue and agreement but warned that breaches of commitments, blockades, and threats remain barriers to progress. “The world sees your endless hypocritical rhetoric and contradiction between claims and actions,” he wrote, again without naming specific individuals.

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The remarks follow the collapse of a planned second round of talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, aimed at ending hostilities involving Iran, the United States, and Israel. Iran accused Washington of breaching a ceasefire agreement by imposing a blockade on its ports. U.S. President Donald Trump has maintained that the blockade will remain until a deal is reached.

The deadlock is seen an attestation of the deep mistrust between both sides, with Iran insisting on the removal of blockades as a precondition for meaningful negotiations, while the U.S. continues to press for broader concessions with it in place.