Abbas Araghchi, Iranian Foreign Minister.
By Abdou Fatou
Iran’s Foreign Minister has denied his country is set to resume nuclear talks with the US, following the end of the 12-day war with Israel.
Abbas Araghchi also called on Israel to respect the truce.
He disclosed that “third parties” had been instructed to pass on the message to Israel that “Iran is not Lebanon” and Tehran would not tolerate a resumption in hostilities.
Nuclear negotiations were under way when Israel launched attacks on Iran on June 13, derailing the process aimed at achieving a new deal.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between the two foes on Tuesday, and the next day he said Washington would pick up talks with Tehran “next week”.
However, Araghchi labelled that as “speculation” and shut down the prospect of Iran returning to the table, at least for now.
“No agreement has been made to restart negotiations, and there has not even been talk of negotiations.
“There is no point in negotiating now,” he said.
