Iran says it would resume nuclear talks with US if guaranteed no further attacks

Iran s foreign minister announced Saturday that his country would accept a resumption of nuclear talks with the U S if there were assurances of no more attacks against it state media shared Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi commented in a speech to Tehran-based foreign diplomats that Iran has invariably been ready and will be ready in the future for talks about its nuclear campaign but assurance should be provided that in scenario of a resumption of talks the trend will not lead to war Referring to the -day Israeli bombardment of Iran s nuclear and military sites and the U S strike on June Araghchi reported that if the U S and others wish to resume talks with Iran first of all there should be a firm guarantee that such actions will not be repeated The attack on Iran s nuclear facilities has made it more demanding and complicated to achieve a remedy based on negotiations Following the strikes Iran suspended cooperation with the U N nuclear watchdog which led to the departure of inspectors Araghchi explained that under Iranian law the country will answer the agency s request for cooperation episode by episode based on Iran s interests He also declared any inspection by the agency should be done based on Iran s guard concerns as well as the safety of the inspectors The liability of proliferation of radioactive ingredients and an explosion of ammunition that remains from the war in the attacked nuclear sites is serious he explained He also reiterated Iran s position on the need to continue enriching uranium on its soil U S President Donald Trump has insisted that cannot happen Israel alleges it acted because Tehran was within reach of a nuclear weapon U S intelligence agencies and the International Atomic Vitality Agency had assessed Iran last had an organized nuclear weapons effort in though Tehran had been enriching uranium up to a short technical step away from weapons-grade levels of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in an interview published Monday commented the U S airstrikes so badly damaged his country s nuclear facilities that Iranian functionaries still have not been able to access them to survey the destruction Source