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Add as preferred source on GoogleIran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi denies plans for US talks next week, contradicting US statements. Tehran is assessing the benefits of future negotiations.
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran currently has no plan to meet with the United States, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Thursday in an interview on state TV, contradicting U.S. President Donald Trump's statement that Washington planned to have talks with Iran next week.
The Iranian foreign minister said Tehran was assessing whether talks with the U.S. were in its interest, following five previous rounds of negotiations that were cut short by Israel and the U.S. attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The U.S. and Israel said the strikes were meant to curb Iran’s ability to create nuclear weapons, while Iran says its nuclear programme is solely geared toward civilian use.
Araqchi said the damages to nuclear sites “were not little” and that relevant authorities were figuring out the new realities of Iran’s nuclear programme, which he said would inform Iran’s future diplomatic stance.
(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Editing by Nia Williams)
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi stated that there are currently no plans to meet with the United States, emphasizing that Tehran is evaluating the interest of such talks.
The negotiations were interrupted by attacks from Israel and the US, which Iran claims have affected its nuclear program.
Iran maintains that its nuclear program is intended solely for civilian use, despite accusations from the US and Israel that it aims to develop nuclear weapons.
Araqchi mentioned that the damages to Iran's nuclear sites were significant, and that authorities are currently assessing the new realities of the nuclear program.
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