{"id":4358,"date":"2026-05-23T16:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/esmaeil-baghaei-says-iran-u-s-talks-are-not-close\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T16:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:42:20","slug":"esmaeil-baghaei-says-iran-u-s-talks-are-not-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/esmaeil-baghaei-says-iran-u-s-talks-are-not-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Esmaeil Baghaei Says Iran-U.S. Talks Are Not \u201cClose\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry, says peace negotiations with the United States are not \u201cclose\u201d to reaching an agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baghaei stated that the differences between Tehran and Washington remain \u201cdeep and significant,\u201d adding that it is difficult to predict whether a deal could be reached within \u201cweeks or months.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also said the current negotiations are mainly focused on ending hostilities and reducing tensions, while detailed discussions on Iran\u2019s nuclear program are not yet part of the talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments come amid ongoing diplomatic efforts and regional mediation aimed at easing tensions between Iran and the United States following months of conflict and instability in the region.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-2 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-share-m-5 wslu-none wslu-share-vertical wslu-theme-font-yes wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n            <div class=\"wslu-share-count\">\n                <span class=\"wslu-share-count--total\">0<\/span>\n                <span class=\"wslu-share-count--text\">Shares<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry, says peace negotiations with the United States are not \u201cclose\u201d to reaching an agreement. Baghaei stated that the differences between Tehran and Washington remain \u201cdeep and significant,\u201d adding that it is difficult to predict whether a deal could be reached within \u201cweeks or months.\u201d He also said the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"postBodyCss":"","postBodyMargin":[],"postBodyPadding":[],"postBodyBackground":{"backgroundType":"classic","gradient":""},"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,18,3,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leadership","category-news","category-politics","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastafrica.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}