Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref has said the outcome of the high-stakes negotiations in Islamabad rests entirely on US priorities, Al Jazeera reports.

Aref wrote on X that a mutually beneficial agreement is probable if US representatives focus on their “America First” interests.

“However, if we face representatives of ‘Israel First’, there will be no deal; we will inevitably continue our defence even more vigorously than before, and the world will face greater costs,” he said.