Tehran, June 30 -- Iran's Parliament Speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned that Tehran will respond to "violations of the understanding" to end the recent war, saying incidents in the Persian Gulf amount to breaches of the ceasefire while affirming that dialogue with the United States under the 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is continuing.

According to ISNA news agency, speaking in a televised interview on Tuesday, Ghalibaf said, "We consider the events that are taking place in the Persian Gulf these nights to be a violation of the understanding to end the war, and we will definitely react to it, and naturally, the other side will react as well."

Explaining the current stage of negotiations, he said, "...