Iranian Delegation Walks Out of Talks in Protest Against President Trump's Threats

Talks Enter Recess After 80 Minutes

The Iranian negotiation team walked out of the Swiss negotiation venue in protest against threats made by U.S. President Donald Trump, Iranian media reported on June 21 (local time).

On the same day, Iran's Tasnim News Agency reported this, citing unnamed sources.

IRNA, Iran’s state news agency, reported that the four-party negotiations, which included mediators from Pakistan and Qatar, entered a recess after 80 minutes. The agency added that the sudden departure of the Iranian delegation from the venue had brought the talks to a significant impasse.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament and head of the Iranian negotiation team, rhetorically asked, "If their threats had any effect at all, don't you think we would not have reached such a desperate situation today?" He dismissed the U.S. threats, saying, "We never take the United States' threats seriously."

He continued, "The United States would do well to speak carefully," adding, "Our military is prepared to respond in other ways, and we will not be shaken no matter what they say," issuing a strong warning.

Meanwhile, President Trump threatened via the social media platform Truth Social that morning that if Iran does not stop the pro-Iranian militant group Hezbollah, the United States would launch a strong airstrike on Iran.

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