Iran says the US can't be trusted

Iranian ambassador to South Africa Mansour Shakib Mehr spoke in Durban on Thursday night.

IRAN’s ambassador to South Africa says they won’t let their guard down, despite this week’s signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the US aimed at ending hostilities.

Addressing activists, academics and interested citizens in Durban on Thursday night, Mansour Shakib Mehr said Iran did not have confidence that the US would keep its part of the bargain.

“We don't have any trust in the United States, but our people are happy with this MOU, and they think the US cannot reach the goals that it described at the beginning of this war,” he said.

Those goals included regime change and limiting some of Iran’s activities like its missile programme, said Shakib Mehr.