Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has described the prospect of direct negotiations on its nuclear programme with the United States as meaningless amid mounting tensions between the two countries.
Araghchi in a statement came on April 6 after Trump said last month in a letter sent to Iran바카라s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that he hoped there would be a negotiation between their countries aimed at preventing Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Trump upped the ante last week, saying: 바카라If they don바카라t make a deal, there will be bombing.바카라
Araghchi questioned Washington바카라s sincerity in the statement for negotiations, saying on Sunday, 바카라If you want negotiations, then what is the point of threatening?바카라
Tehran, which maintains that it is not seeking a nuclear weapon, has so far rejected Washington바카라s overtures, but has said it is open to indirect diplomacy 바카라 a stance repeated by Araghchi in Sunday바카라s statement.
Araghchi said Iran wanted to negotiate on an equal footing with the US, describing it as 바카라a party that constantly threatens to resort to force in violation of the UN Charter and that expresses contradictory positions from its various officials바카라.
Earlier, Responding to Trump's warning that Iran would face unprecedented bombing if it failed to meet US demands, an adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that if attacked by the US or its allies, Tehran would have no choice but to deploy nuclear weapons for its defence.
Iran said its nuclear activities are solely for civilian purposes. Israel, the top US ally in the region, is widely believed to have an undeclared nuclear arsenal.
