Araghchi Says US Threats Stall Iran Deal Talks

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on X that final U.S.-Iran negotiations will not begin while American threats continue, telling Washington to honor paragraph 13 of the memorandum of understanding. His statement followed President Donald Trump's warning that the United States would secure a deal or finish the job, and came hours after reports that Iranian forces fired on commercial ships near the Strait of Hormuz. Reports say the interim arrangement commits both sides to refrain from threats or force and was meant to create space for diplomacy after the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran. Reports place the dispute inside the same track covering the MoU, the Strait of Hormuz incidents and diplomacy after the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran.