Iran’s overseas minister said Saturday that his nation would settle for 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 overseas diplomats that Iran has always been prepared and will be prepared in the future for talks about its nuclear program, but, “assurance should be provided that in case of a resumption of talks, the trend will not lead to war.”
Referring to the 12-day Israeli bombardment of Iran’s nuclear and army websites, and the U.S. strike on June 22, Araghchi said that if the U.S. and others want 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.”
Following the strikes, Iran suspended cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, which led to the departure of inspectors.
Araghchi said that under Iranian law, the country will answer the agency’s request for cooperation “case by case,” primarily based on Iran’s pursuits. He also said any inspection by the company should be completed primarily based on Iran’s “security” issues as effectively as the security of the inspectors. “The risk of proliferation of radioactive ingredients and an explosion of ammunition that remains from the war in the attacked nuclear sites is serious,” he said.
He also reiterated Iran’s place on the need to proceed enriching uranium on its soil. U.S. President Donald Trump has insisted that can not occur.
Israel claims it acted because Tehran was within attain of a nuclear weapon. U.S. intelligence companies 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% — a short, technical step away from weapons-grade ranges of 90%.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in an interview revealed Monday said the U.S. airstrikes so badly broken his nation’s nuclear services that Iranian authorities still have not been ready to access them to survey the destruction.
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