Iran has not discussed extending its cease-fire with the U.S. because Tehran considers the deal to have no official start date, a senior Iranian source said Wednesday.
The source's comments to Reuters came after Turkey's Anadolu Agency, citing Pakistani government sources, reported Wednesday that Tehran and Washington had agreed to extend a 60-day cease-fire under their interim deal signed in June.
The deal declared an "immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts," but quickly unraveled, with U.S. President Donald Trump saying it was "over" on July 7 and Iran's Foreign Ministry declaring it "suspended" a week later.
"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.
In the agreement, the 60-day period refers to an extendable timeframe within which Iran and the U.S. were expected to reach a final deal limiting Tehran's nuclear program and lifting U.S. sanctions.
