Iran ‘won’t negotiate under threat’: Diplomat

The United States must end its blockade on Iran as a prerequisite for any further ceasefire talks in Islamabad, an Iranian diplomat told the Associated Press on Wednesday, adding that talks with Pakistani mediators are underway to “to implement Iran’s conditions.”Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour, the head of the Iranian mission in Egypt, told AP “[Iran] won’t negotiate under threat,” and that the Islamic Republic will not “go to Islamabad before the lifting of the blockade.”For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The envoy, according to the report, accused the US of using the ceasefire to build up more forces for a possible resumption of military action against Iran.“Behind the scenes, they say something, but in public, they say and do something else,” he said.US President Donald Trump indefinitely extended the ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday, hours before it was set to expire, to allow the two countries to continue peace talks.The extension came as a

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