The Iranian Foreign Minister said he is willing to discuss the trust building mechanism to ensure that Tehran maintains Iran’s nuclear program peacefully.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakich said on May 10 that his country would not completely abandon its nuclear program in the face of US pressure.
Speaking in Doha on Saturday, Arakich said Tehran is open to deals if the goal of the negotiations is to create a new trust building mechanism to keep Iran’s nuclear wishes peaceful.
“However, if the goal of the negotiation is to strip Iran of nuclear rights, I am clearly saying that Iran will not retreat from any of those rights,” Arakich said.
President Donald Trump began talks in April aimed at urging Iran to sign a new agreement to detain nuclear development. Tehran claims it does not seek nuclear weapons, but negotiators are eager to the nuclear development that Iran can continue to pursue.
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“There are only two options out there. They’ll either cultivate them well or blow them up viciously,” the president said.
Araqchi took part in two indirect consultations with the US President’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, on April 26th, as well as a more detailed third round of technical consultations. Iran’s Deputy Minister Majid Takht-E Ravanchi represents the Iranian technical team, and US State Department policy director Michael Anton represented the US technical team in this third round.
Citing Arakich, Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported on May 8 that US-Iran nuclear negotiations were rescheduled in Oman on May 11.
The Epoch Times reached out to the White House regarding plans for a fourth-round speech, but did not receive a response by the time of publication.
