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US officials "say different things and do not stick to one position" during nuclear negotiations with Tehran, said Ali Larijani, an advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
"It's too early to evaluate the negotiations — we need to move forward and see what happens," he added in an interview with Jamaran news website.
The final death toll from the April 26 explosion at Iran's Rajaei port has been revised to 57, the head of Hormozgan's judiciary announced.
Mojtaba Ghahremani said the previously reported figure of 70 fatalities was based on initial estimates.
However, he added, further investigations, including family inquiries and forensic tests, revealed that some body parts collected from different parts of the blast site and stored in separate bags actually belonged to the same individuals.
This led to the adjustment in the casualty count.
According to the judiciary official, the confirmed total includes 46 identified bodies and 11 individuals still missing.
US President Donald Trump said his goal in talks with Iran is the “total dismantlement” of the country’s nuclear program but added that he is open to hearing arguments for allowing Iran to pursue civilian nuclear energy.
“I think that I would be open to hearing it, you know?” Trump said in an interview with NBC News. “Civilian energy, it’s called. But you know, civilian energy often leads to military wars. And we don’t want to have them have a nuclear weapon. It’s a very simple deal.”
Multiple videos circulating on social media appear to show explosions and fires Sunday in the Iranian cities of Mashhad and Qom.
Footage from Mashhad indicates a blast at what some reports describe as a factory site, though details remain unverified.
No official confirmation has been issued by Iranian authorities, and casualty figures are unclear. The cause of the apparent incidents is also not yet known. Iran International has not independently verified the videos.
At least 110 people were executed in Iran in April, bringing the total number of the year to 343, a 75% increase compared to the same period in 2024, according to Oslo-based rights group Iran Human Rights (IHR).
Of those, 169 were for drug-related offences, 153 for murder, 12 for security-related charges, and nine for rape.
Among those executed in April on security-related charges, seven were accused of ties to dissident political or religious groups, and one was accused of espionage for Israel.
Only two of the April executions were officially announced by the Iranian authorities.
Iran accounted for 64% of all known global executions in 2024, with at least 972 people executed, according to Amnesty International.
On Saturday, over 300 global figures—including UN experts, Nobel laureates, former ambassadors, judges, and human rights leaders— issued an urgent appeal for United Nations intervention to stop what they called a “campaign of politically motivated executions” in Iran.
