Anwar Mohammed Gargash, senior foreign advisor to President Emirati, visited Tehran on Wednesday to hold a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakich.
In a post on its Instagram page, Araqchi said he discussed Iran-UAE relations and local issues at the meeting.
“We also received a letter from the President of the United States,” he added.
In a statement Wednesday evening, Islamic Revolution leader Ayatollah Seiz Ali Khamenei responded to a statement made by US President Donald Trump regarding negotiations with Iran, preparations for an agreement, and letters he sent to Iran.
The leader characterized these actions as attempts to deceive global public opinion, saying, “I have not yet received this letter, but the United States wants to spread the falsehood that “Iran is unlike us, and does not want to negotiate and reach an agreement.”
“The lack of trust between the two parties in a state of war does not hinder negotiations,” the leader said the claim was wrong. He explained that if the negotiators are not confident in the loyalty and commitment of the opposite side to the outcome of the dialogue, they will not engage in negotiations as such arguments are futile and meaningless.
“From the beginning, our aim in negotiations has been to eliminate sanctions and, fortunately, it gradually loses its impact as the process is extended,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.
The leader emphasized that some Americans also believe that extensions of sanctions will reduce their impact. “And also, authorized countries will find ways to avoid these sanctions. We have discovered a variety of ways to do so,” he added.
In response to the US claim that Iran would prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons, the leader said, “If we wanted to build nuclear weapons, the US wouldn’t have been able to stop us. We wouldn’t own or pursue nuclear weapons.”
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