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Iran’s foreign ministry says US must ‘abandon its excessive demands’ of Tehran
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Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei during the weekly press conference held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the capital Tehran, on February 10, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says that the United States must reduce its demands on the Islamic Republic, with negotiations stalled over ending the two-month-long Middle East war.
“At this stage, our priority is to end the war,” he says in a briefing broadcast by state television. “The other side must commit to a reasonable approach and abandon its excessive demands regarding Iran.”
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