Speaking with Press TV, Baghaei said Washington colluded with Israel to violate Iran’s sovereignty and sabotage ongoing diplomatic efforts during the occupying regime’s 12-day war of aggression against Iran.
Israel launched a large-scale attack against Iran on June 13, assassinating many high-ranking military commanders, nuclear scientists, and ordinary civilians. More than a week later, the United States also entered the war by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites. The war came amid indirect talks between Tehran and Washington on the former’s nuclear program.
“There is no plan for any sort of negotiations with the US, but we have always repeated that Iran has never left the negotiating table,” Baghaei said.
He made clear that “If we come to the conclusion that through negotiations we can resolve an issue or we can take care of our national interests, we would not hesitate to do that.”
Baghaei added that negotiations should be purposeful and solution-oriented and should not deprive Iran of its inalienable rights under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Iran and the United States had held five rounds of indirect talks on Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program before the beginning of Israel’s acts of aggression.
Mediated by Oman, the 6th round of talks was planned to be held in the Omani capital of Muscat on June 15, but was called off due to the anti-Iran attacks.
