Qalibaf made the remark in a post on his X account on Friday as Tehran and Washington are scheduled to hold a fresh round of talks in Islamabad on Saturday to effectively put an end to the war jointly launched by the US and Israel against the Islamic Republic late last month.
The negotiations come after the United States and Iran agreed on Wednesday to a Pakistan-brokered two-week ceasefire following Washington’s acceptance of a 10-point proposal from Tehran.
The top Iranian parliamentarian said there are two measures agreed upon by both sides which have not been implemented yet.
He emphasized that “a ceasefire in Lebanon and the release of Iran’s blocked assets” are conditions to the commencement of negotiations.
“These two matters must be fulfilled before negotiations begin,” Qalibaf pointed out.
Earlier on Friday, a high-ranking security source told Press TV that intense pressure and the threat to withdraw from talks with the United States in Islamabad from Tehran forced the Israeli regime to stop its military attacks on the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
According to the source, following the Zionist regime's brutal aggression on Lebanon on Wednesday, Iran made the cessation of those attacks a firm precondition for its participation in temporary ceasefire negotiations with the United States.
He hastened to add that the travel of an Iranian delegation to Islamabad was delayed a few times, specifically due to the continued Israeli aggression against Lebanon.
The comments came after the Israeli regime carried out extensive attacks across Lebanon, killing at least 303 people and injuring more than 1,150. The regime said its aggression on Lebanon, which started concurrent with the joint US-Israeli aggression on Iran in late February, does not count as part of the ceasefire deal announced by Pakistan.
That comes as Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said in a post on the X platform early on Wednesday that Iran and the US and their allies had agreed to “an immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere”.
Meanwhile, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi also said on Friday that the upcoming negotiations with the United States in Pakistan will be based on the 10-point ceasefire plan proposed by Iran.
He added that Iran pursues a “responsible” approach to the declaration of the ceasefire, adding, “It has been agreed that Iran’s 10-article plan will be the basis for negotiations.”
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