Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran said on Thursday in an interview that Tehran will enter direct talks with the US unless Washington guarantees talks free from threats.
Araghchi made the remarks a day after an Emirati delegation Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Advisor to the President of the United Arab Emirates and his accompanying Emirati delegation handed over a letter from the US President Donald Trump to Iran in a meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister on Wednesday in Tehran.
The top Iranian diplomat reiterated Tehran’s will to negotiate under principles of ‘honor, wisdom, expediency’.
According to the Iranian Foreign Minister, a new idea has been proposed to solve problems with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
He said that indirect talks are possible. “Negotiations are taking place indirectly. A channel with three European countries is established. We are cooperating with Mr. Grossi and IAEA, and there is a new idea for solving the issues that we are mulling over it.”
In a speech on Wednesday, as the UAE delegation was visiting Tehran to hand over Trump’s message, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said a call the US president for negotiations with Iran is nothing but an attempt to “deceive the world public opinion.”
The Leader also issued a stark warning to the US saying that if the Americans and their allies launch military attacks on Iran, retaliation is definitive and they will be the loser.
MNA