Summary Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has announced that Tehran has suspended the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) reached with the United States
TEHRAN (Dunya News) - Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has announced that Tehran has suspended the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) reached with the United States.
According to Iranian media reports, Gharibabadi said the decision was made because the United States had repeatedly violated the agreement and continued to break its commitments during the course of negotiations while taking what he described as aggressive actions.
He said the United States was "once again receiving a response" to its actions and stressed that Iran's primary focus at present is on the country's defense.
The deputy foreign minister added that Iran had participated in the negotiation process in good faith, but US actions had severely undermined mutual trust.
غریبآبادی: تعهداتمان در تفاهمنامه اسلامآباد را متوقف کردهایم
— خبرگزاری فارس (@FarsNews_Agency) July 18, 2026
معاون حقوقی وزارت خارجه: آمریکا تمام تعهداتش در چهارچوب یادداشت تفاهم اسلامآباد را زیر پا گذاشته و متوقف کرده است.
ما هم تعهدات خود را متوقف کردهایم، در حال اجرای آنها نیستیم و مشغول دفاع از کشوریم. pic.twitter.com/OEn89rB0EC
Meanwhile, media reports suggested that Iran's suspension of the MoU is likely to further escalate diplomatic tensions between Tehran and Washington.
Earlier, the United States and Iran escalated their attacks across the Middle East, trading strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified.
The US expanded its attacks against Iran by hitting more bridges and energy sites and collapsing a tower at a key Iranian port, following through on President Donald Trump’s threats to pressure Tehran to ease its chokehold on the waterway vital to world energy supplies.
Also Read: Trump threatens new Iran escalation and risks repeating old mistakes
In response, Iran launched missiles into US-allied nations in the Mideast, including Qatar, a mediator in the war, and Kuwait, where one of the desert nation’s water desalination plants was damaged.
The region has endured days of back-and-forth attacks in a conflict increasingly focused on control of the strait, and the collapse of an interim ceasefire leaves no clear end in sight for the war that began more than four months ago.
