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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Friday that the Islamic Republic wants to return to the memorandum of understanding signed with Washington in June, days after he said his country "will not submit" to the United States.
He praised China's desire to revive the memorandum of understanding, writing in a post on X that "Iran shares this approach and emphasizes the need to return to that understanding"
Diplomatic efforts have so far failed to end the conflict in the Middle East, which erupted with US-Israeli strikes on Iran in late February.
The agreement signed in June was intended to lay the groundwork for a comprehensive peace deal, but the truce quickly collapsed.
Optimism rose with the convening of the UN General Assembly in New York this week. However, the Iranian president confirmed in his speech to the UN body on Wednesday that his country "will not submit" to the United States.
A day later, he said in statements to Fox News, "We do not want to continue. America is the one who must choose whether it wants to end this matter or not"
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi participated in a meeting with Trump's envoy Steve Wittkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings in New York, and their talks did not result in any breakthrough.
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