Iran says it would resume nuclear talks with US if guaranteed no further attacks
Iran鈥檚 foreign minister said Saturday that his country would accept a resumption of nuclear talks with the U.S. if there were assurances of no more attacks against it, state media reported.
Iran鈥檚 foreign minister said Saturday that his country would accept a resumption of nuclear talks with the U.S. if there were assurances of no more attacks against it, state media reported.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a speech to Tehran-based foreign diplomats that Iran has always been ready and will be ready in the future for talks about its nuclear program, but, 鈥渁ssurance should be provided that in case of a resumption of talks, the trend will not lead to war.鈥
Referring to the and Araghchi said that if the U.S. and others wish to resume talks with Iran, “first of all, there should be a firm guarantee that such actions will not be repeated. The attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities has made it more difficult and complicated to achieve a solution based on negotiations.鈥
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Following the strikes, which led to the departure of inspectors.
Araghchi said that under Iranian law, the country will answer the agency鈥檚 request for cooperation “case by case,鈥 based on Iran鈥檚 interests. He also said any inspection by the agency should be done based on Iran’s 鈥渟ecurity鈥 concerns as well as the safety of the inspectors. 鈥淭he risk of proliferation of radioactive ingredients and an explosion of ammunition that remains from the war in the attacked nuclear sites is serious,鈥 he said.
He also reiterated Iran’s position on the need to continue enriching uranium on its soil. U.S. President Donald Trump has insisted that cannot happen.
Israel claims it acted because Tehran was within reach of a nuclear weapon. U.S. intelligence agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency had assessed Iran last had an organized nuclear weapons program in 2003, though Tehran had been enriching uranium up to 60% 鈥 a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in an interview published Monday said the U.S. airstrikes so badly damaged his country鈥檚 nuclear facilities that Iranian authorities still have not been able to access them to survey the destruction.
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