There was no immediate reaction from the Iranian government. But Tasnim news agency, linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, said the US was still blocking parts of a potential deal, including Tehran’s demand for the release of frozen funds.
Iranian parliament spokesman Ebrahim Rezaei said on Monday that Iran’s strategy during the military conflict was “an eye for an eye” and in the diplomatic conflict it is “an action for an action.”
Iran will not bow to pressure or threats, he said on X, and the United States should negotiate if it wants a deal, but it can continue bluffing if it wants US$6 gasoline.
Oil prices fell 6 percent to a two-week low as optimism grew that the United States and Iran are nearing a peace deal.
Trump raised hopes of an imminent deal on Saturday when he said Washington and Tehran had “extensively negotiated” a memorandum of understanding on a peace deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Before the conflict, the vital waterway carried one-fifth of global shipments of oil and liquefied natural gas.
The two sides disagree on a number of tough issues, such as Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Israel’s war with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and Tehran’s demands for the lifting of sanctions and the release of billions of dollars of Iranian oil revenues held in foreign banks.