Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi gave a series of interviews with state media on Sunday where he put pressure on the US to accept Tehran’s demands in the ongoing peace talks.
Araghchi further explained in the interview that the deal depends on “how much political rationality prevails on the American side and whether there is a will to take the wise path of diplomacy or, as in previous instances, to drag the situation toward aggression and military operations. “The president would always prefer to solve this and every problem diplomatically. Sometimes that’s not possible, unfortunately, but if there’s a chance to do it, we’ll explore it.
“We now have to see how long it will take for them to digest these (election) results, in order to determine how we are going to move forward,” Abbas Araghchi said. “For the past few days, there has been no more travel (by mediators), and the reason for this is the shock that the election results in the United States have caused to everyone,” he added. “We have upgraded our weaponry, addressed our vulnerabilities, and tested new arms; our forces are at the highest level of readiness,” Araghchi said. “I wouldn’t say we’re at the verge of a breakthrough,” Rubio said.
