ALWAGHT- According to Tehran, Washington's simultaneous push for talks and military pressure amounts to a double game, and Iran warns that no breakthrough will occur without a major US policy shift.
The United States is pursuing a fundamentally dishonest and contradictory posture toward Iran, simultaneously engaging in diplomatic overtures while maintaining military pressure. Tehran has carefully considered but largely rejected these American approaches, citing unrealistic and inequitable conditions. Iran argues that Washington is not genuinely seeking to acknowledge Iranian rights but rather using negotiations as an instrument of pressure. Even back-channel messages through Pakistan reveal American arrogance, with President Trump viewed as using diplomacy primarily as a tool for advancing broader strategic and militaristic objectives rather than believing in genuine dialogue.
This same contradiction is starkly evident on the military front. After roughly forty days of conflict, Trump called for a ceasefire—which Israel did not honor—while the naval blockade intensified and attacks on Iranian vessels continued, constituting clear violations of the truce. Iran maintains that partial or temporary ceasefires that are routinely violated cannot end the crisis. What Iran demands is a permanent cessation of hostilities with concrete international guarantees. Iran further holds that the United States must accept responsibility for harm inflicted on the Iranian people and provide appropriate compensation.
For Iran, a naval blockade is itself an act of war, meaning the current situation cannot be characterized as a genuine ceasefire—only a shift in the form of conflict from missile exchanges to maritime confrontation. Iran's armed forces remain at full operational readiness and have demonstrated willingness to respond decisively to any hostile act. Ultimately, Iran rejects the notion that Washington can unilaterally dictate when and how the crisis concludes, asserting that America itself—and Donald Trump specifically—remains the primary obstacle to meaningful diplomatic progress.
