Tehran, Iran<\/strong> \u2013 Iranian authorities say the United States needs to do more if an agreement is to be made to end the war as they urge their supporters to maintain control of the streets.<\/p>\n The US delegation at Saturday\u2019s marathon talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, \u201cultimately failed to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation in this round of negotiations\u201d, said Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the parliament speaker who led the Iranian team.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the US Navy will immediately begin the process of \u201cblockading any and all ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz\u201d in Iran\u2019s southern waters. He also said the US military remains \u201clocked and loaded\u201d and will \u201cfinish up\u201d Iran at the \u201cappropriate moment\u201d.<\/p>\n The fact that the Iranian delegation did not accede to Washington\u2019s core demands of eliminating nuclear enrichment on Iranian soil and ending Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz was welcomed by Iranian authorities on Sunday as they projected defiance.<\/p>\n Judiciary chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei thanked the delegation that went to Islamabad and said they \u201cguarded the rights\u201d of the supporters of Iran\u2019s government, including paramilitary forces converging on main squares, streets and mosques in Tehran and other cities every night for more than six weeks.<\/p>\n When the delegations were engaged in the talks on Saturday night, a member of the aerospace division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was shown by state television telling flag-waving supporters in downtown Tehran not to be concerned.<\/p>\n \u201cIf the enemy does not understand, we will make them understand,\u201d the man who was wearing military attire and a black mask to conceal his identity said to cheers from the crowd, some of whom demanded more missile and drone attacks from the IRGC.<\/p>\n State television also said it was Trump, not Tehran, that wished to \u201crestore his image\u201d through the negotiations and his \u201cexcessive demands\u201d were the reason the talks failed.<\/p>\n The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it did not expect to reach an agreement after only one day of negotiations.<\/p>\n Multiple lawmakers in the hardliner-dominated parliament said they were happy that the talks did not yield results because they believed Iran had the upper hand in the war.<\/p>\n Hamidreza Haji-Babaei, the parliament speaker\u2019s deputy, said the only thing acceptable to the establishment supporters who are on the streets is a United Nations Security Council resolution that would signal \u201csurrender\u201d for the US and lead to the lifting of sanctions against Iran and its leaders.<\/p>\n Amir Hossein Sabeti, a Tehran lawmaker affiliated with the Paydari faction of hardliners, said he was thankful to the negotiating team for \u201cnot backing away from red lines\u201d and \u201cthere is no way left but to show resistance in the field against these evildoers and demons\u201d.<\/p>\n This comes after some pro-state voices said they were disheartened by the abrupt announcement overnight into Wednesday of a two-week ceasefire and direct negotiations on ending the war with the US.<\/p>\n To assuage internal concerns, the Iranian delegation to Islamabad had more than 85 members, according to local media, including dozens of representatives from state-affiliated media and analysts close to different factions.<\/p>\nRecommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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