Shafaq News- Tehran

Iran is unwilling to continue negotiations with the United States because Washington “failed” to honor the Islamabad memorandum of understanding (MoU), Iranian state television reported on Saturday.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran had complied with the June 17 MoU, accusing Washington of violating Paragraph 9, which requires both sides to maintain the status quo by keeping Iran's nuclear program unchanged while the United States refrains from imposing new sanctions or deploying additional forces to the region. “Iran has so far kept its word,” he said, adding that “there can only be mutual compliance.”

Iran has so far kept its word, unlike the so-called U.S. Treasury Secretary who is violating Para 9 of the MoU. That violation follows other violations and missteps by the United States.Reality check: There can only be mutual compliance.

— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) July 11, 2026

On Friday, Axios reported, citing a source, that Qatar, Pakistan, Turkiye, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia held multiple phone calls with US and Iranian officials to ease tensions and revive negotiations.

US airstrikes killed 17 people and wounded 93 others in Iran over two days, according to Iran’s Health Ministry, despite the memorandum aimed at ending the conflict. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) responded by targeting US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain and warned it would expand its attacks if American strikes continued.