No trust in US, will welcome constructive role by India, says Iran FM

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran remains open to negotiations if Washington shows seriousness, but added that Iran has no trust in the United States after previous diplomatic efforts.  “We are interested in negotiation only if the other side is serious,” Araghchi said. “We have no trust on Americans.” Addressing a presser in New Delhi on Friday, Araghchi said, “As you know, my country has been the victim of an act of aggression, an unprovoked aggression by the United States and the Israeli regime, which happened right in the middle of negotiations we were having with the Americans." 

VIDEO | Addressing a presser, Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, “As you know, my country has been the victim of an act of aggression, an unprovoked aggression by the United States and the Israeli regime, which happened right in the middle of negotiations we were having… pic.twitter.com/1niT21gJQw

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Araghchi has said that Tehran is interested in continuing energy business with India. “We attach great importance to our relations with India. Iran and India are two ancient civilizations that have always shared very good relations and exchanged cultural values," he said.  Araghchi said, Tehran appreciate all those countries that condemned this attack andappreciate the government and people of India for expressing solidarity and sympathy with the Iranian people. he said and added," We also appreciate the humanitarian assistance provided to us by the Indian government as a sign of solidarity. We are very happy about that.”  Araghchi reaffirmed that Iran never wanted nuclear weapons, and we proved that when we signed the deal in 2015. "We have said time and again that we do not want nuclear weapons, and this is not our policy. We have a peaceful nuclear programme," he said.