Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has described the prospect of direct negotiations on its nuclear programme with the United States as meaningless amid mounting tensions between the two countries.
Araghchi in a statement came on April 6 after Trump said last month in a letter sent to Iran라이브 바카라 Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that he hoped there would be a negotiation between their countries aimed at preventing Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Trump upped the ante last week, saying: “If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing.”
Araghchi questioned Washington라이브 바카라 sincerity in the statement for negotiations, saying on Sunday, “If you want negotiations, then what is the point of threatening?”
Tehran, which maintains that it is not seeking a nuclear weapon, has so far rejected Washington라이브 바카라 overtures, but has said it is open to indirect diplomacy – a stance repeated by Araghchi in Sunday라이브 바카라 statement.
Araghchi said Iran wanted to negotiate on an equal footing with the US, describing it as “a party that constantly threatens to resort to force in violation of the UN Charter and that expresses contradictory positions from its various officials”.
Earlier, Responding to Trump's warning that Iran would face unprecedented bombing if it failed to meet US demands, an adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that if attacked by the US or its allies, Tehran would have no choice but to deploy nuclear weapons for its defence.
Iran said its nuclear activities are solely for civilian purposes. Israel, the top US ally in the region, is widely believed to have an undeclared nuclear arsenal.
