Speaking at the 12th Abu Dhabi Strategic Discussion Forum 2025 meeting on Tuesday, he stressed that the US government is sending contradictory messages to Iran through third countries.
According to Reuters, Khatibzadeh also said that Iran is willing to reach a “peaceful nuclear deal” but will not compromise on national security issues.
He emphasized Tehran’s position that Iran does not seek nuclear weapons and said Iran is proud of its nuclear program based on its domestic capabilities.
Iran held five rounds of nuclear talks with the United States before the 12-day war between Iran and Israel began in June, and the United States entered the war by attacking Iran’s main nuclear facilities.
Despite actively participating in an indirect diplomatic process with the administration of US President Donald Trump to reach a negotiated settlement limiting Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, Iran faced diplomatic betrayal by the US through its support for the Zionist regime’s aggressive attacks on Iran’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
These attacks began on June 13 (Khordad 23) during indirect Tehran-Washington talks mediated by Oman and ended with a ceasefire on June 24 (Tir 3).
The US president has acknowledged responsibility for the attack on Iran and has insisted that Iran is willing to reach a deal with the US government.
This is despite the fact that “the Americans say they want an agreement, but in reality they don’t, and they are not taking practical steps towards an agreement, and are doing the opposite,” according to Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghai.
“They are really showing that they have no good intentions and no seriousness in this regard,” he said.
The American president, who directly participated in the Zionist regime’s invasion of Iran by bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities in Isfahan, Natanz, and Fordow on June 22 (Til 1), claims that Iran’s nuclear program was destroyed in these attacks and has exaggeratedly called for zero enrichment in Iran.
This is while Iran asserts its rights to peaceful nuclear energy and enrichment levels under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) agreement.
Khatibzadeh also said during the debate that the Iranian government wants to move towards improving relations with its regional neighbors.
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