Mumbai, April 12 -- Iran's Consul General in Mumbai, Saeid Reza Mosayeb Motlagh, has suggested that the United States is increasingly aligning its regional strategy with Israeli interests, leading to a stalemate in peace negotiations.

Speaking on the current diplomatic friction, Motlagh told ANI, "An interesting point to note is that the United States appears to be operating on Israel's wavelength. If the United States were truly the decision-maker, given that it had accepted the conditions, we should now have witnessed progress in peace negotiations."

The Envoy further claimed that external pressure has influenced Washington's ability to act independently in the negotiation process. "You can be certain that when the United States accep...