Iran warns about ‘dishonesty’ of US, Israeli regime during Doha talks

Iran's interim Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani issued the warning in a telephonic conversation with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Friday. This was their second conversation in 24 hours.

Kani wrote in a post published on the social media platform X on Friday evening that he and the Qatari prime minister exchanged opinions “about the developments of the second day of talks to stop the genocide of the Zionists in Gaza.”

“Referring to the aggression and criminal nature of the Zionists in Gaza, I warned about the deceit and dishonesty of the criminal gang ruling Tel Aviv and their most important supporter, the United States, at the negotiating table,” he stated.

Earlier in the day, the United States, Qatar and Egypt issued a joint statement saying they held Gaza ceasefire talks in a positive atmosphere in the Qatari capital Doha. They added that the talks were “serious, and constructive.”

The mediators put forward a “bridging proposal” that would allow the “swift” implementation of a deal that would end the war in Gaza and see the release of Israeli captives, the joint statement said.

The mediating trio claimed that their proposal “narrows the gaps between the parties,” referring to the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and the Israeli regime.

The new conditions featured in the scheme, however, involve the regime’s keeping its forces inside Gaza along the coastal sliver’s border with Egypt, the agency added, citing “an informed source.”

Hamas however reportedly said it would not accept new conditions from the Israeli regime as outlined in the new proposal.

Kani said that the United States is providing weapons to Israel which makes it “an accomplice, not a neutral mediator.”

“So, I emphasized using all capacities to force the Zionist aggressors to stop killing and crimes in Gaza,” he stated.

Despite the ceasefire talks, the Israeli regime is pushing ahead with its air and artillery attacks in the besieged Gaza Strip as the genocidal war enters its eleventh month.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to keep up the war until, what he has called, the “elimination” of Hamas, a prospect that has been ruled out as impossible by the group and even some Israeli officials and Tel Aviv’s allies.

The latest massacres have raised the number of Palestinians killed to over 40,000 leaving more than 92,400 others injured.