Iran's president stresses the importance of diplomacy

DUBAI - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on ​Monday that ​every rational and diplomatic path should be used to reduce tensions with the U.S., but added that vigilance and distrust in interactions with Washington were an 'undeniable necessity', according ⁠to the state news agency IRNA.
A two-week ⁠ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. is set to expire on Wednesday, with U.S. representatives set to ‌reach Islamabad for Iran negotiations ​on Monday, ⁠while Tehran has yet to announce ​whether it will send ‌a delegation to Pakistan.
Iranian state TV quoted an unnamed ​informed source as saying there were no plans for a second round of negotiations due to the US's 'excessive and irrational' demands as well as its changing ‌stances.
The adversaries are at loggerheads over ​the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran tightened control ​over ‌maritime ⁠transit as the U.S. continues to blockade Iranian ports and on Sunday took custody of ​a vessel trying to get past ⁠the American ​blockade.
Both Iran and the U.S. have accused each other of violating the ceasefire. Pezeshkian said the U.S. blockade showed that Washington ​was moving toward 'repeating previous patterns and betraying ​diplomacy', according to state TV.