Iran says it agrees to negotiations but has "completely no trust" in the United States

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council issued a statement on the 8th saying that, based on the advice of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mujehtaba Khamenei, and with the approval of the Supreme National Security Council, Iran will hold a two-week negotiation with the U.S. in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, starting on the 10th, but Iran has “complete distrust” of the U.S. side. The statement said that Iran has “complete distrust” of the U.S., and will allocate two weeks for the negotiations; with mutual consent, the negotiation period may be extended. During this period, Iran must maintain national unity, as this is a continuation of the struggle on the battlefield. The statement also said that the negotiations do not mean an end to the fighting; only by following the 10 ceasefire clauses, turning the “enemy’s surrender” on the battlefield into a “decisive political achievement” in the negotiations, and finalizing the details through negotiations, will Iran accept ending the fighting.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz confirmed on the 8th that Iran and the United States, as well as their respective allies, agreed to an immediate ceasefire at all locations, including Lebanon and other areas, effective immediately. He invited representatives of both Iran and the U.S. to hold further negotiations in Islamabad on the 10th in order to reach a final agreement to resolve all disputes.(Xinhua News Agency)