Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaie said Wednesday that any failure by the US to uphold its commitments under the memorandum of understanding will negatively affect the continuation of negotiations. Baghaie warned that all aggressive actions against targets in Iran will receive an immediate and decisive response, and that repeated violations of the MoU's first article will jeopardize the process.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaie issued a fresh warning Wednesday, stating that any US deviation from its commitments under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) would damage the continuation of the negotiation process. Speaking in remarks carried by Iranian Telegram channels, Baghaie emphasized two points: first, that any aggressive action against targets in Iran will meet an immediate and decisive response, as Iran's armed forces have demonstrated; second, that such actions would violate Article 1 of the MoU, and that repeated violations would cause the process to encounter problems.
The statement continues a pattern that The Zioneer has tracked since mid-June. Baghaie had previously said on June 15 that ending the war in Lebanon is inseparable from the overall MoU framework and that the US must enforce Israeli compliance. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday similarly warned that US and Israeli violations of the MoU's first article were preventing restoration of regional security. The new remarks reassert the same linkage between US adherence to the MoU and the survival of the diplomatic track, with no fresh development on the US side reported.
The threat of a decisive military response to any attack on Iranian targets echoes earlier statements by Araghchi and Baghaie. The MoU, signed in mid-June, governs the framework for nuclear talks and regional security arrangements, including Israel's operations in Lebanon. The status of the planned talks in Switzerland remains uncertain.
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