Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, Baqaei said the United States has placed itself “in the position of judging all countries” and is solely focused on maintaining Israeli dominance in the region.

“This in itself is evidence of America’s complicity in the crimes committed by the Israeli regime,” he added.

Baqaei said the document explicitly mentions ensuring the security of the Israeli regime and securing energy resources.

He went on to say that the Israeli regime’s crimes in the region and in Gaza continue, noting that nearly 400 innocent people have recently lost their lives.

“Israel is destroying whatever remains of Gaza,” he said, adding that UN reporters are being seriously threatened — a sign of US-granted impunity to the Israeli regime.

Responding to the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council’s renewed claims over the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf, Baqaei said there is no historical or legal doubt about Iran’s sovereignty over Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb.

“This statement is merely a repetition of past claims, and we reject it,” he said.

Regarding IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi’s recent consultations with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Egypt’s foreign minister about Iran, Baqaei said: “As a member state, we are in direct contact with the Agency through our mission in Vienna. There is no mediation involved.”

On the exchange of messages between Iran and the United States through other countries, he added: “It is common for regional officials to convey messages. Our official channel of communication with the US is the US Interests Section in Iran, namely the Swiss Embassy.”

In an interview with Japan’s Kyodo News agency on Saturday, the top diplomat said the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities were “bombarded, destroyed, and heavily damaged” during the unprovoked and illegal Israeli-American war against the country in June.

He described the assault as “perhaps the biggest violation of international law” ever committed against a safeguarded facility monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Araghchi said the strikes had created structural damage and potential radiation risks that Tehran “has never seen before,” adding that there was “no precedent of a peaceful nuclear facility being bombarded.”

He added that the situation had exposed a procedural gap inside the IAEA regarding how to inspect such sites in light of this precedence.

He noted that the Islamic Republic and the IAEA had reached a framework in Cairo earlier this year to define a mechanism for inspecting and stabilizing the damaged facilities, but that the process was undermined when the United States and the three European parties to a 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran sought to restore previous UN Security Council sanctions against the nation.

Araghchi called on Japan to share its technical expertise in nuclear safety, citing its experience following Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Fukushima Daiichi disaster.

He emphasized that any cooperation with Japan would be limited to technical safety issues, not inspections, which he said remained an IAEA responsibility. “On the technical aspects of these safety challenges, cooperation with Japan can be very useful,” the official noted.

Addressing prospects for nuclear talks, Araghchi said Iran remained open to diplomacy, but wanted guarantees of a “fair and balanced” outcome.

He reiterated that the deadlock affecting diplomacy stemmed from American demands, introduced under President Donald Trump, for the Islamic Republic to halt all uranium enrichment processes, a position Tehran categorically rejects.

The foreign minister said the core issue remained Washington’s reluctance to recognize Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear technology, including enrichment, under the NPT.

According to Araghchi, the Islamic Republic was prepared to accept limitations on enrichment levels and centrifuge types, and negotiations could progress once the United States accepted the country’s peaceful nuclear energy program and lifted the illegal and unilateral sanctions it had imposed on the country.

“For the time being [though], we are not convinced they are ready for a real, serious negotiation,” he added.