Skip to main content

US breach of commitments, blockade of ports main obstacles to 'genuine negotiation', Iranian president says

AL-MONITOR
Apr 22, 2026
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, February 21, 2026. Iran's Presidential website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, February 21, 2026. Iran's Presidential website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS — Iran's Presidential website/WANA

April 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. breach of commitments and its blockade of Iranian ports and threats are the main obstacles to "genuine negotiations", Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday.

"[The] world sees your endless hypocritical rhetoric and contradiction between claims and actions," he said, one day after U.S. President Donald Trump's ceasefire extension.

(Reporting by Menna Alaa El-Din and Ahmed Tolba; Editing by Alex Richardson)