“When we agreed to present the keynote before @Carnegienpp, Iran and the United States had not yet set a date for the next talk that begins at the level of expertise on Wednesday and principal level on Saturday,” Araghchi wrote in X.
“As I have emphasized in my prepared remarks, Iran is not going to negotiate publicly.”
“My address also makes clear that certain special interest groups are working to smear negotiators and manipulate diplomatic courses to make the US administration the greatest demand.”
“I’m used to the harsh questions from journalists and ordinary interested citizens. But changing the address of a keynote address to an open Q&A is a dissatisfaction for an audience looking for whether to turn the event into public negotiations, or I don’t want to make it look like a facial, or perhaps a speaker looking for where the talk goes.
“People who are interested in what I am saying are welcome to read my speech.
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