Tehran ready to negotiate when US lifts blockade: Iran's UN ambassador

"The United States must halt its ‘violation of the ceasefire" before any new round of negotiations," Ambassador Amir-Saeid Iravani told Iranian media outlet Shargh, Report informs via AlJazeera.

"As soon as they lift the blockade, the next round of negotiations will be held in Islamabad," the ambassador to the UN said, adding, "Iran is prepared for any scenario."

"We have not been the initiator of military aggression. If they seek a political solution, we are ready. If they seek war, Iran is ready for that as well," he said.