Iran-US talks ‘unjustifiable’ amid Israel’s savagery: Araghchi
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the continuation of indirect talks between Iran and the United States amid Israel’s savagery is “unjustifiable”.
Araghchi made the remarks in a phone conversation with the European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Saturday, a day after the Israeli regime launched deadly aggression on various civilian and military areas and residential neighborhoods in the capital, Tehran, and other major cities.
Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi late Saturday announced on X (formerly, Twitter) that Sunday’s indirect talks between Tehran and Washington has officially been canceled.
Since April, Tehran and Washington have held five rounds of indirect negotiations, mediated by Oman, over Iran’s nuclear program amid repeated shifts in US stances.
Araghchi said on Saturday that messages and statements by the US president proved that Israel’s hostile measures against Iran were the result of Washington’s direct support for the regime.
He said the international community should show a decisive reaction in condemnation of Israel’s aggression.
The Iranian foreign minister also criticized a resolution adopted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, drafted by the US and the European troika, against the Islamic Republic’s peaceful nuclear energy program, describing it as an excuse that prepared the ground for the Israeli regime’s hostile action.
Kallas, for her part, expressed the EU’s readiness to support diplomatic efforts in the Security Council and other international bodies to help ease tensions and restore peace and security to the region — a sentiment that had already been contradicted by individual statements of several of its member states.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said Saturday that the focus of Tehran is currently on confronting the Israeli enemy’s assault.