Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baqaei, has said that US President Donald Trump’s “admission that he never believed in the Islamabad MoU and considered it a waste of time exposes the hollowness of their diplomatic commitments”.

“Washington’s contempt for diplomacy is once again laid bare,” Baqaei said in a post on X, adding that for Iran, this was nothing new.

“Washington has a long record of reneging on its commitments and treating international obligations as disposable whenever they become inconvenient.

“There is absolutely no justification for European states and other apologists for Washington to continue whitewashing US misconduct and shielding it from accountability. Broken commitments cannot be excused, international law cannot be applied selectively, and no amount of political spin can absolve Washington of accountability,” he said.

Trump had said during a recent rally in Mississippi, ““We did a little ceasefire, which I never liked very much. I considered it sort of a waste of time. But you know, you like to listen to professionals.”