Iran 'serious' about peace talks, Baghaei says Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei told a press conference on Monday that Tehran is "serious" about ongoing negotiations to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, and after President Donald Trump on Sunday dismissed Tehran's latest proposal as "totally unacceptable." "Diplomatic processes have their own rules, and parties to any negotiation must decide based on their national interests," Baghaei said, as quoted by the semi-official Mehr News Agency. "The Islamic Republic of Iran has shown it is serious in pursuing its national interests and legitimate rights, while at the same time participating in diplomatic processes with good faith and reason," he added. Rather, Baghaei said, it is the U.S. that still needs to prove its commitment to a diplomatic process, citing the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal in 2018 and its previous launching of military action despite ongoing talks. "We fight whenever necessary, and we use the weapon of diplomacy whenever we deem it right," Baghaei said.
Iranian Official
Iran affirms its sovereign right to pursue legitimate national interests through good-faith diplomacy amid U.S.-Israeli aggression and the illegal war imposed on the Islamic Republic. Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei stressed that Washington, having betrayed the JCPOA and launched military strikes during talks, must prove its commitment rather than rejecting Iranian proposals outright. Tehran will resist foreign threats and wield diplomacy or defense as required to uphold its independence.
Israeli
Iran views the talks as a tactical pause to shield its nuclear ambitions and proxy armies—Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis—from decisive Israeli action aimed at removing an existential threat. Baghaei’s call for “good faith” diplomacy while reserving the right to fight merely repeats Tehran’s long-standing pattern of using negotiations to buy time and rearm its forward bases surrounding the Jewish state. Israel therefore has no choice but to treat every Iranian statement with suspicion and maintain the defensive freedom of action required to neutralize these converging dangers.
Neutral
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei stated at a Monday press conference that Tehran remains committed to negotiations aimed at ending the ongoing U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. He added that diplomatic efforts follow established rules based on national interests and that Iran has demonstrated good-faith participation while pursuing its objectives. Baghaei further indicated that the United States must demonstrate its own commitment, citing the 2018 withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and prior military actions conducted during talks.
Western
Iranian officials claim to be serious about negotiations to end hostilities with the US and Israel, but President Trump's rejection of Tehran's latest proposal reflects skepticism over its lack of credible commitments. Iran's history of non-compliance, including its 2018 JCPOA violations and dual-track use of diplomacy alongside proxy threats, highlights the imperative for verifiable steps to neutralize its nuclear ambitions and regional destabilization. US and allied strategy remains focused on precision operations and deterrence to achieve lasting strategic objectives.
Pro-Peace
Amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, which has already exacted heavy humanitarian costs through civilian deaths, displacement, and infrastructure destruction, Tehran has signaled its seriousness about diplomatic negotiations to end the fighting. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei emphasized good-faith talks as the route to protecting national interests, while noting Washington’s past withdrawal from the nuclear deal and resort to force during prior diplomacy. Prioritizing sustained negotiations over further escalation remains the only path to sparing more lives and averting broader regional suffering.
Global South
Iran asserts its sovereign right to defend national interests and legitimate security concerns in negotiations with the US and Israel, rejecting external dictates as Baghaei highlighted Tehran’s consistent engagement in good faith. The US record of abandoning the JCPOA and resorting to force despite talks underscores persistent neo-colonial patterns where powerful states undermine multilateral commitments to maintain dominance over independent nations. Such institutional failures in diplomacy reveal the limits of frameworks skewed toward Western priorities rather than equitable Global South agency.
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International mediators have proposed a 10-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran, according to a senior Iranian official cited in reports. The measure is described as intended to reduce hostilities and allow renewed talks on a prior interim agreement.
Both sides are assessing next steps in the current regional security situation.
Reports indicate that a US-Iran ceasefire has broken down amid renewed fighting, with the potential impact of mediation efforts by Pakistan, Qatar, and Oman remaining unclear. Earlier diplomatic steps included a June memorandum of understanding between the parties for further negotiations and talks hosted in Geneva in February.
The summary also references Europe’s historical role in diplomacy, including the 1814-15 Congress of Vienna.
Donald Trump stated in a Fox News interview that his representatives had spoken with Iranian officials an hour earlier and that those officials wanted to make a deal to end the conflict, though he noted they had broken prior agreements and expressed uncertainty about whether one would be reached.
He added that people do not want to die and that Iran would need to proceed carefully to avoid further losses. The remarks come amid an ongoing US-Iran conflict that has involved casualties and shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, with some social media users criticizing the repetition of similar statements.
Why the Iran-US ceasefire is falling apart Iran and the US have resumed fighting because they don’t see each other as ‘reliable negotiating partners’, says analyst Ali Vaez. Neither Iran nor the United States seems able to deliver a “knockout blow at an acceptable price” to the other side, and both know “they have no choice other than engaging in diplomacy”, but they’re not ready to make uncomfortable concessions, argues Ali Vaez, director of the Iran Project at International Crisis Group.
Vaez tells host Steve Clemons that Tehran and Washington are trying to “enforce their own interpretation” of the ceasefire agreement they signed last month. President Trump has become “frustrated” with diplomacy because he’s not seeing “the kind of quick results that he likes to see”, Vaez says.