Iran Rejects Reports of 60-Day Ceasefire Extension With U.S., Says No Talks Are Underway

A senior Iranian official said Tehran and Washington are not discussing an extension of their June interim agreement, arguing that the United States abandoned the deal before its 60-day negotiating period ever took effect.

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Iran is denying reports that it has agreed with the United States to extend a 60-day ceasefire, with a senior Iranian source saying Tehran does not consider there to be an existing ceasefire period capable of being extended.

The dispute centers on an interim agreement signed in June that called for an “immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts” while establishing a 60-day period for Iran and the United States to negotiate a broader agreement over Tehran’s nuclear program and U.S. sanctions.

A senior Iranian source told Reuters on Wednesday that no discussions are underway to extend that arrangement because Tehran does not believe the 60-day period ever formally began.

“There is no talk of an extension because, from Iran’s perspective, there is no period that began and therefore nothing to extend. The United States violated the interim agreement 48 hours after it was reached and withdrew from it a few days later,” the source told Reuters.

The comments directly contradict a report Wednesday from Turkey’s Anadolu news agency, which cited Pakistani government sources as saying Iran and the United States had agreed to prolong the ceasefire for another 60 days.

The original arrangement deteriorated soon after it was announced.

President Donald Trump said July 7 that the deal was “over.” One week later, Iran’s Foreign Ministry declared the agreement “suspended.”

The 60-day provision in the June agreement was not solely a ceasefire deadline. It established an extendable negotiating window during which Washington and Tehran were expected to pursue a final agreement that would place limits on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of U.S. sanctions.

Several conditions were also viewed as prerequisites for moving into that negotiating phase.

Those included achieving a ceasefire in Lebanon, ensuring freedom of navigation in the Gulf and providing waivers allowing Iran to sell its oil.

According to the Iranian source, current discussions conducted through mediators are focused not on extending the agreement, but on whether the United States will return to the original interim framework and establish a timetable for carrying out its commitments.

“One of the issues that is being discussed via mediators is the U.S. returning to the interim agreement and defining a timeframe for implementing the commitments. There has been absolutely no progress on this issue,” the source said.

The comments leave Tehran and Washington publicly at odds over the status of the June agreement itself. While reports from Pakistani government sources suggested a 60-day extension had been reached, Iran’s position is that there is no active ceasefire term to renew and that negotiations remain stalled over whether the United States will first return to the interim deal.