{"id":325962,"date":"2026-04-12T06:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T06:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=325962"},"modified":"2026-04-13T06:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:51:15","slug":"iran-vp-deal-possible-if-us-negotiators-are-america-firsters-rather-than-israel-firsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=325962","title":{"rendered":"Iran VP: Deal possible if US negotiators are America Firsters rather than Israel Firsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Press TV \u2013 April 11, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Iran\u2019s Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref says a deal with the United States is possible if American negotiators adopt an \u201cAmerica First\u201d approach, warning that talks would fail if they instead pursue an \u201cIsrael First\u201d agenda.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a post published on X on Saturday, Aref wrote: \u201cIf we negotiate in Islamabad with representatives of &#8216;America First,&#8217; an agreement beneficial to both sides and the world is probable. However, if we face representatives of &#8216;Israel First,&#8217; there will be no deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will inevitably continue our defense even more vigorously than before, and the world will face greater costs,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The criminal US-Israeli aggression on Iran began on February\u202f28 with airstrikes that assassinated senior Iranian officials and commanders, including the Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian armed forces responded by launching almost daily missile and drone operations targeting locations in the Israeli-occupied territories as well as US military bases and assets across the region.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Araghchi: Iran enters the negotiations with complete distrust<\/p>\n<p>In a phone call with his German counterpart, FM Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Iran is entering the talks with full distrust because of the US repeated breaches and betrayals of diplomacy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GvQSPrjbIY\">pic.twitter.com\/GvQSPrjbIY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Press TV \uf53b (@PressTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressTV\/status\/2042888652317945999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On April 8, Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) announced that there was an agreement to a Pakistan-brokered temporary ceasefire after the US accepted Iran\u2019s 10-point proposal.<\/p>\n<p>A high-level delegation from Iran arrived in Islamabad late Friday to hold negotiations with the US.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation, headed by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, landed in the Pakistani capital aboard Flight \u201cMinab 168,\u201d a reference to 168 schoolgirls killed by the US military on January 28.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation comprises specialized committees covering security, political, military, economic, and legal affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Other key Iranian officials accompanying the team include Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati, and Secretary of the Defense Council Ali Akbar Ahmadian.<\/p>\n<p>On the US side, Vice President JD Vance is present in Islamabad alongside negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2026\/04\/11\/766630\/No-deal-with-US-if-we-meet-the-representatives-of-Israel-First-Iranian-VP\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judging from the Trump administration\u2019s conduct during the war they are more likely to Israel firsters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":325965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-325962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Commentary","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=325962"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325966,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325962\/revisions\/325966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/325965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=325962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=325962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=325962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}