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Iranian president: US ceasefire breaches, port blockade are main obstacle to negotiations
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Two police officers walk in front of an anti-US billboard depicting American aircraft being caught by Iranian armed forces in a fishing net beneath the words in Farsi, "The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed, The entire Persian Gulf is our hunting ground," in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
The US breach of commitments and its blockade of Iranian ports and threats are the main obstacles to “genuine negotiations,” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says.
“[The] world sees your endless hypocritical rhetoric and contradiction between claims and actions,” he says, one day after US President Donald Trump’s ceasefire extension.
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