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Araghchi: Mutual compliance key to implementing Iran-US memo
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran has so far fulfilled all its commitments under a memorandum of understanding signed with the US, stressing that the deal can only succeed through "mutual compliance."
"Iran has so far kept its word, unlike the so-called US Treasury Secretary who is violating Paragraph 9 of the MoU," the Iranian foreign minister said in a post on X.
That refers to part of the memorandum of understanding that Iran will "maintain the current status quo of its nuclear program," and the United States "will not impose any new sanctions, and will not deploy additional forces in the region" pending a final deal.
"That violation follows other violations and missteps by the United States. Reality check: There can only be mutual compliance," Araghchi said hours before his departure for Oman for talks with the country’s officials on arrangements for the administration of the Strait of Hormuz and regional developments.
Araghchi’s comments came days after the US conducted fresh military strikes on Iran and issued new sanctions targeting 14 Iranian individuals and entities on Friday.
US President Donald Trump also declared on Friday that a ceasefire reached between the two countries was "over," even as he claimed that Iran had requested continued talks.
"We have agreed to do so, but the United States has stated to them, in no uncertain terms, that the Cease Fire is OVER!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The comments mark a new low in relations between the two countries, after an exchange of fire this week rocked the shaky agreement aimed at turning the months-long ceasefire into durable peace and threatened a return to full-scale regional war.
The US launched the strikes on the pretext of alleged Iran’s attacks on ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which is a major source of contention between the two countries.
The US Treasury Department also revoked a temporary sanctions waiver for Iranian oil, cancelling a license announced in June that had allowed Tehran to produce, sell and deliver crude oil and related products through August 21.
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations warned that Tehran will no longer consider itself bound by the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding if the US continues to violate its commitments under the agreement.
In a statement to reporters outside the UN Security Council on Friday, Ambassador Amir Saeed Iravani said the United States has repeatedly breached the MoU, including through large-scale military attacks on Iranian islands and southern cities on July 7 and 8.
These renewed attacks, he said, constitute a “flagrant violation” of the UN Charter and a material breach of the MoU’s first clause, which commits the US to ceasing all military action against Iran.