ISTANBUL – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Saturday that Tehran has suspended its commitments to a recent memorandum of understanding (MoU) after “the US violated its commitments,” Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported.
“The US has violated and suspended all its commitments within the framework of the Islamabad MoU,” Gharibabadi said in a statement carried by Iran’s semi-official news agency Fars.
“We have also suspended our commitments; we are not implementing them, and we are busy defending the country,” he added.
Tensions have heightened in West Asia, where the US and Iran continue to exchange attacks.
The military escalation comes despite a Pakistan-brokered memorandum of understanding signed in June to end the war and reach a lasting peace agreement.
Meanwhile, an Iranian official said on Saturday, US attacks knocked 116 telecommunications towers offline in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province, disrupting landline, mobile phone and internet services, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported, citing Iran’s Tasnim News Agency.
Hormozgan’s director-general of communications and information technology said the attacks occurred Friday night and damaged traffic and bandwidth transmission lines.
The damage disrupted telecommunications services in parts of northern Bandar Abbas and Hajiabad, the official said.
“During the attack, 116 telecommunications towers were knocked offline, and landline, mobile phone and internet services are currently cut off in some northern areas of the province,” he added.
Work to rebuild and restore the communications network has begun, with equipment and operational teams dispatched from within Hormozgan and neighbouring provinces, the official said.
Tensions have heightened in the Middle East, where the US and Iran continue to exchange attacks.
The military escalation comes despite a Pakistan-brokered memorandum of understanding signed in June to end the war and reach a lasting peace agreement.
— BERNAMA-ANADOLU
