Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the leader of Iran’s negotiation team with the United States, resigned due to internal disagreements, according to sources familiar with the situation, as reported by Iran International.

Pakistan has confirmed the arrival of a senior Iranian delegation in Islamabad ahead of expected negotiations with the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States will have the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial oil shipping route, "open fairly soon," while stressing that his "number one" goal in upcoming negotiations with Iran is to ensure that Tehran has "no nuclear weapon."

The future of Middle East stability has been thrown into deep uncertainty just one day after President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire.

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has sharply criticized the European Union for designating the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, accusing the bloc of “supporting terrorism.”

Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is in the lead among potential presidential candidates, according to a survey conducted by the Shenaakht analytical center.