Iran’s international minister Abbas Araghchi, speaks throughout a press convention on the Lutfi Krdar Congress Middle on the sideline of the 51st session of the Council of Overseas Ministers of the Group of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in Istanbul on June 22, 2025.
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Iran’s international minister mentioned Thursday that his nation is “not asking for a ceasefire” from the US and Israel, “and we do not see any purpose why we should always negotiate” after practically every week of struggle.
Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi additionally instructed NBC Information in an unique interview that Iran is “assured” that it may possibly confront the U.S. army if President Donald Trump decides to invade the nation with floor troops.
“And that might be an enormous catastrophe for them,” Araghchi instructed NBC.
He additionally mentioned that after six days of struggle towards Iran, “It’s clear that the U.S. has failed to realize its important purpose, which was clear, speedy victory.”
“They failed to realize that, and now they’re attempting to justify why they did assault us. And so they have, you recognize, offered so many alternative causes, however none of them labored,” Araghchi mentioned. “And now they’re speaking about, you recognize, plan B. And I, I imagine that, you recognize, plan B could be even a much bigger failure.”
Araghchi’s feedback point out Iran is in for an extended struggle with the U.S. after Trump has mentioned he foresees it lasting 4 to 5 weeks. Trump has criticized his Democratic predecessors for partaking in protracted conflicts within the Center East.
The struggle “just isn’t our struggle,” Araghchi mentioned. “This can be a struggle of alternative by the US.”
“We aren’t asking for a ceasefire, and we do not see any purpose why we should always negotiate,” he mentioned.
“Negotiate with the U.S. after we negotiated with them twice, and each time they attacked us in the center of negotiations? he requested.
“So there is no such thing as a request for a ceasefire by us, and there’s no request for the negotiation with the U.S. from us.”
Aragchi, when requested why Iran has launched assaults towards practically a dozen neighboring Arab counties throughout holy Islamic month of Ramadan, mentioned, “We’ve got not attacked our neighbors. We’ve got not attacked Muslim international locations.”
“We’ve got attacked People, targets and American bases, American installations, that are sadly situated within the soils of our neighbors,” he mentioned. “So now we have made it clear for them, I’ve been in contact with their international ministers, and I’ve defined that ‘we’re not concentrating on you. We’ve got no drawback with you. We’ve got solely, are solely concentrating on the American installations.’ “
