Iran Criticizes US for Mixed Signals on Nuclear Talks

Iran is receiving "conflicting messages" from the United States regarding negotiations over its nuclear program, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh, The Caspian Post reports, citing TASS.

"We are receiving conflicting messages. On stage we hear one thing, backstage we get another. The Americans, as usual, are master manipulators. From the very beginning, they used diplomacy not to reach an agreement, but to emasculate the very idea of diplomacy," he told the Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate conference.

The United States and Iran have held five rounds of talks trying to reach a new agreement on Iran's nuclear program. Negotiations did not resume after June 13, when Israel launched a military operation against the Islamic republic. The United States entered the conflict nine days later, attacking Iranian nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.