The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran with us will resume quickly, but says that “the doors of diplomacy will never climb”
President Trump recently said Diplomatic discussions with Iran could restart From this week, although the White House noted that no interview was officially planned. After American aerial curly on some of the Iranian nuclear installationsfollowed a few days later by a ceasefire To put an end to that Trump called the 12 -day war between Iran and IsraelThe Iranian Foreign Minister seemed less certain of a rapid return to diplomacy.
“I do not think that negotiations will restart as quickly as it,” Iranian Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi told CBS News through a translator.
“So that we decide to re -enclose, we will first have to make sure that America will not amount to targeting us in a military attack during the negotiations,” said Araghchi in his first interview with American media in Iran since the bombings. “And I think that with all these considerations, we still need more time.”
However, Araghchi has also insisted: “The doors of diplomacy will never climb”.
Trump said at a television address following American strikes on June 21 that the Fordo de Iran nuclear enrichment site and the nuclear installations of Isfahan and Natanz had been “completely and completely erased”. General Dan Caine, president of the joint staff chiefs, said at a press conference, “the first battle damage assessments indicate that the three sites have undergone extremely serious damage and destruction”.
Rafael Mariano Grossi, the head of the United Nations nuclear supervision agency told CBS News American strikes have caused “serious damage, but these are not total damage”. Grossi said Iran could probably start enriching uranium in a few months.
“We cannot erase technology and science for enrichment by bomb attacks,” said Araghchi. “If there is this desire on our part, and that the will exists in order to progress again in this industry, we can quickly repair damage and compensate for lost time.”
When asked if Iran intended to continue to enrich uranium, Araghchi said that the “peaceful nuclear program of the country has turned into a question of pride and national glory. We also crossed 12 days of war imposed, therefore, people will therefore not easily decrease from enrichment.”
After 12 days of missile exchanges between Iran and Israel, the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Victory declaredBy writing on social networks, “I congratulate the victory over the fallacious Zionist regime”, and to say that the Israeli government was “practically knocked out and crushed under the blows of the Islamic Republic”.
Trump responded on social networks, describing Khamenei’s declaration a lie, saying that Iran had been “decimated” and claiming that he prevented the American and Israeli soldiers from murdering the supreme leader.
Mr. Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should meet at the White House next Monday.
Trump also said that he could once again order strikes on Iran if she enriches enriching uranium beyond a certain level. Araghchi questioned the legality of such an action and said that Iran was prepared for more attacks.
“We have shown and proven during this 12-day imposed war that we have the capacity to defend ourselves, and we will continue to do so if an assault was launched against us,” he said.
Caroline Linton and Tucker Reals contributed to this report.
