DUBAI (Reuters) -Washington’s present method towards Tehran doesn’t point out any readiness for “equal and honest negotiations”, Iran’s overseas minister stated on Sunday, after U.S. President Donald Trump hinted final week at potential discussions.
Following Israel’s assault on Iran in June, which was joined by U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear services, makes an attempt at renewing dialogue on Tehran’s nuclear programme have failed.
The US, its European allies and Israel accuse Tehran of utilizing its nuclear programme as a veil for efforts to develop the potential to supply weapons. Iran says its nuclear programme is for peaceable functions solely.
Tehran and Washington underwent 5 rounds of oblique nuclear talks previous to the 12-days-war, however confronted obstacles equivalent to the difficulty of home uranium enrichment, which the U.S. desires Iran to forego.
“The U.S. can’t anticipate to realize what it could not in warfare by way of negotiations,” Abbas Araqchi stated throughout a Tehran convention named “worldwide regulation below assault.”
“Iran will at all times be ready to have interaction in diplomacy, however not negotiations meant for dictation,” he added.
Throughout the identical convention, deputy overseas minister Saeed Khatibzadeh accused Washington of pursuing its wartime objectives with “negotiations as a present”.
(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Modifying by Andrew Heavens and Christina Fincher)