“We will no longer talk to you while we are being attacked,” says Tehran as Iran suspends commitments under US ceasefire

*Snubs UAE, others asking for talks with US

The diplomat spoke just as report has it that Tehran has finally snubbed any effort by anyone to make it sit on roundtable any longer to talk peace with the untrustabe United States of America. “We will no longer talk to you while we are being attacked,” it said, just as more public affairs analysts are asking “What level of integrity will make you trust a country that launches aggression against you amidst negotiation?”

Iran has suspended its commitments under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) reached with the United States last month, Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Saturday July 18, 2026, as Iran’s Health Ministry reported 50 people killed and more than 500 wounded in U.S. strikes since June 27.

The diplomat spoke just as report has it that Tehran has finally snubbed any effort by anyone to make it sit on roundtable any longer to talk peace with the untrustabe United States of America. “We will no longer talk to you while we are being attacked,” it said, just as more public affairs analysts are asking “What level of integrity will make you trust a country that launches aggression against you amidst negotiation?”

Speaking to Iranian state television, Gharibabadi said the U.S. had violated all of its own commitments under the memorandum and suspended every provision of it, prompting Iran to do the same.

“We were in negotiations. Unfortunately, it was the Americans themselves who, in fact, took these aggressive actions, in violation of their own commitments,” Gharibabadi said.

“We have suspended all of our commitments and are, in fact, no longer implementing them,” he added.

Gharibabadi said Iran’s focus had shifted to national defense. “What we are now faced with is defending our country,” he said.

“We will do so firmly and decisively, and I think the Americans have once again received their response that these aggressive actions by them will get them nowhere,” he noted.

Gharibabadi’s remarks came days after U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed the ceasefire was “over” following an Iranian drone attack on a ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz and echoed comments earlier in the week from Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei, who told reporters in Tehran on Wednesday: “We currently have no plans for negotiations and remain focused on defending the country.”

50 killed, over 500 wounded since June 27
Iran’s Health Ministry said Saturday that 50 people have been killed and more than 500 others injured in U.S. strikes since June 27.

Hossein Kermanpour, head of the ministry’s Public Relations and Information Center, said in a post on X: “In airstrikes from the 6th to the 27th of Tir (June 27 to July 18 on the Gregorian calendar), more than 500 people were wounded, and 50 were martyred. Among those killed were five women, two children, and two teenagers under 18.”

“Among the wounded were 32 women, 18 children, and two teenagers. So far, 28 surgeries have been performed, 460 people have been discharged, and 37 remain hospitalized,” he added.

The U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, reached last month with mediation from Qatar and Pakistan, had ended weeks of fighting and opened the door to more detailed negotiations before collapsing under renewed exchanges of fire between the two countries.

Regional tensions have continued to escalate as the U.S. and Iran exchange attacks despite the June agreement, which had aimed to end the war and reach a lasting peace settlement.

Khamenei calls for unity, vows Iran will deliver ‘unforgettable lessons’ to US
Mojtaba Khamenei, in a series of posts on X Saturday, called on Iranians to maintain national unity and accused the United States of exposing its “true, unmasked face” by violating the memorandum of understanding signed by the two countries’ presidents.

Khamenei said the U.S. breaches of the agreement had confirmed what he described as a fundamental truth: “The signature of the US President is utterly worthless and devoid of credibility.”

Warning Washington against further escalation, Khamenei said the U.S. should know that “the noble nation of Iran and the Resistance Front have unforgettable lessons in store for it,” pointing to what he called the valor of fighters and civilians in Iran’s southern regions in recent days as evidence of that resolve.

He described coercion and brutality as “inseparable components of the US creed and doctrine,” and called on Iranians and officials alike to preserve the country’s “dignity and independence” in the face of what he called a “criminal, cunning” enemy.

Khamenei’s posts also referenced the funeral of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, praising the public turnout as an “unprecedented” demonstration of national will and saying it had left Iran’s enemies in “bewilderment, rage and fright.” He said a formal message elaborating on “key issues of the country” would be published shortly.