Commenting on Gaza ceasefire talks underway in Qatar, Iran has warned about “the deceit and dishonesty” of the criminal Israeli regime and its most important supporter, the United States.

According to The Iran Project, Iran's interim Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani issued the warning in a telephonic conversation with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Friday. This was their second conversation in 24 hours.  

Kani wrote in a post published on the social media platform X on Friday evening that he and the Qatari prime minister exchanged opinions “about the developments of the second day of talks to stop the genocide of the Zionists in Gaza.”

“Referring to the aggression and criminal nature of the Zionists in Gaza, I warned about the deceit and dishonesty of the criminal gang ruling Tel Aviv and their most important supporter, the United States, at the negotiating table,” he stated.

Earlier in the day, the United States, Qatar and Egypt issued a joint statement saying they held Gaza ceasefire talks in a positive atmosphere in the Qatari capital Doha. They added that the talks were “serious, and constructive.”

The mediators put forward a “bridging proposal” that would allow the “swift” implementation of a deal that would end the war in Gaza and see the release of Israeli captives, the joint statement said.

The mediating trio claimed that their proposal “narrows the gaps between the parties,” referring to the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and the Israeli regime.

The new conditions featured in the scheme, however, involve the regime’s keeping its forces inside Gaza along the coastal sliver’s border with Egypt, the agency added, citing “an informed source.”

Hamas however reportedly said it would not accept new conditions from the Israeli regime as outlined in the new proposal.

Kani said that the United States is providing weapons to Israel which makes it “an accomplice, not a neutral mediator.”

“So I emphasized using all capacities to force the Zionist aggressors to stop killing and crimes in Gaza,” he stated.