Iran’s negotiating team protests Trump ‘threats,’ says they violate memorandum of understanding

Iran’s negotiating team has protested US President Donald Trump’s “threats” during ongoing talks in Switzerland, arguing that the remarks constitute a “violation” of the memorandum of understanding between Tehran and Washington, according to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency. Citing the Iranian negotiating delegation, Tasnim reported that Trump’s threats against Iran and its negotiating team represent “a blatant violation” of the first article of the memorandum of understanding. According to the delegation, Article 1 of the memorandum requires the US to refrain from issuing a “threat.” Earlier on Sunday, Trump urged Iran to “immediately stop their highly paid proxies in Lebanon from causing trouble,” or Washington will hit Tehran “very hard again.” “If they don’t, we’ll hit Iran very hard again, just […]