Iran is not currently planning to attend talks with the United States on Monday, state media said, after President Donald Trump ordered U.S. negotiators to Pakistan just days before a ceasefire in West Asia expires.
The ongoing U.S. blockade of Iranian ports has been a significant sticking point, and that issue is likely to be further complicated by Mr. Trump’s Sunday announcement that an American destroyer had fired on and hit an Iranian ship that tried to evade it.