Iran says it is willing to resume nuclear deal talks with US, demands ‘respect and dignity’

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that Tehran is willing to restart nuclear pact talks with the United States, provided they are conducted with ‘dignity and respect’

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that Tehran is willing to restart nuclear pact talks with the United States, provided they are conducted with “dignity and respect”. In an interview with The Guardian, the Iranian diplomat said that only diplomacy can resolve the persistent tension between Iran and the West.

He told the British news outlet that fresh requests had come from intermediaries to reopen negotiations with the Trump administration. Araghchi also maintained that Iran did not have any undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit bombed nuclear sites for security reasons. While speaking about the Israel-US strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, Araghchi noted that the country has emerged stronger militarily and psychologically from the tragedy.

The remarks from the Iranian foreign minister came on the sidelines of the security conference in the country’s capital as he reiterated that Tehran has an inalienable right to enrich uranium domestically that it will never give up,” – the primary cause of the impasse in the previous talks.

Source:First Post