According to CoinMeta, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi criticized the United States for causing the failure of the temporary agreement negotiations in a speech broadcast on state television on Saturday. However, he stated that both sides should still try again to reach an agreement. Raisi said, "We were in the process of negotiating at the time, and it was those cowardly Americans who ruined everything... I still believe that we should continue to strive to reach an agreement."