Iran’s high diplomat mentioned Thursday that peace talks involving the U.S. have been “extra difficult and harder” after U.S. airstrikes over the weekend.
Days earlier than the U.S. struck three Iranian nuclear services, officers met in Geneva to debate the dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program.
However Iran Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi mentioned hopes of returning to a multi-nation deal such because the one Trump eliminated the U.S. from in his first time period are fading.
“No settlement has been made for resuming the negotiations,” he mentioned in Thursday remarks broadcast by state TV. “No time has been set, no promise has been made, and we haven’t even talked about restarting the talks.”
Tehran has been hit by each U.S. and Israeli forces for refusing to disassemble its nuclear applications however the nation’s Supreme Chief Ali Khamenei mentioned they gained’t again down.
Iranian forces have fired greater than 550 ballistic missiles at Israel for the reason that begin of the 12-day conflict, hung a number of folks being held on espionage costs and detained people in cities throughout the nation for allegedly cooperating with Israel.
“The Iranian nation is victorious and can stay victorious by the grace of God,” Khamenei wrote in a Thursday post on X.
“The US President acknowledged, ‘Iran should give up.’ Evidently, this assertion is simply too huge to come back out of the US president’s mouth,” he added in an earlier post.
His feedback got here as CNN reported that the Trump administration was urging Arab Gulf companions to fund a $30 billion civilian nuclear program to assist reengage Iran in peace talks.
“The U.S. is prepared to guide these talks” with Iran, a Trump administration official instructed CNN. “And somebody goes to want to pay for the nuclear program to be constructed, however we is not going to make that dedication.”