{"id":20442,"date":"2026-04-23T03:31:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=20442"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:31:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:31:47","slug":"irans-president-sanctions-and-threats-hinder-talks-with-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/04\/23\/irans-president-sanctions-and-threats-hinder-talks-with-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s President: Sanctions and threats hinder talks with U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Masoud Pezeshkian, President of Iran, says violations of commitments, ongoing \u201cblockade,\u201d and threats are the main obstacles to negotiations with the United States.<br>In a post on X, Pezeshkian stated on Wednesday night that Iran supports dialogue and agreements but criticized what he described as contradictions between U.S. rhetoric and actions.<br>Meanwhile, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran\u2019s parliament speaker and head of the negotiating team, said a meaningful ceasefire requires an end to naval blockades and broader regional tensions.<br>Ghalibaf wrote that reopening the Strait of Hormuz would be impossible \u201cwith a blatant violation of the ceasefire.\u201d He said that after failing to achieve their objectives through military aggression, \u201cthey will also not succeed through force,\u201d adding that the \u201conly way\u201d is acceptance of Iran\u2019s rights.<br>The remarks come as former U.S. President Donald Trump has extended a ceasefire indefinitely, expressing hope that Iranian representatives will return to negotiations later this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Masoud Pezeshkian, President of Iran, says violations of commitments, ongoing \u201cblockade,\u201d and threats are the main obstacles to negotiations with the United States.In a post on X, Pezeshkian stated on Wednesday night that Iran supports dialogue and agreements but criticized what he described as contradictions between U.S. rhetoric and actions.Meanwhile, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20444,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20442\/revisions\/20444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}