Iranian state media bragged that the Islamic Republic’s Overseas Minister Abbas Araqchi snubbed Vice President JD Vance throughout a photograph op alternative earlier than peace talks Sunday.
Footage confirmed Araqchi strolling into the room the place Vance, the US delegation, and mediators have been, in entrance of the cameras, after which leaving after embracing Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Vance was within the nook in the course of the encounter. Iranian state media claimed that its delegation refused to take part in any joint media look earlier than talks came about.
“Iranian representatives beforehand agreed to a press availability in the beginning of the assembly,” a US official defined to The Submit.
“They even introduced state media with them to cowl it, who have been pre-staged on the occasion.”
“Regardless of this, they left the assembly upon seeing the amount of press in attendance after which distributed an inaccurate account of the state of affairs by way of state media.”
Iran stormed out of the talks after 80 minutes of direct conferences, with Araqchi and different Iranians blaming Trump’s threats to strike Iran if the Islamic Republic didn’t cooperate on the Strait of Hormuz and restraining Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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