Iran ready for atomic talks after US and Israel attacks

Iran is ready to talk about its atomic program, but demands a safety warrant before negotiations resume. abroad Minister Abbas Aragchi warned that fresh attacks by Israel and the US on Iran's atomic installations have made the situation much more complicated. Following the bombings, Iran suspended its cooperation with the global Atomic Energy Agency.

Aragchi announced on Saturday at a gathering with diplomats in Tehran that Iran has always been and will be ready to discuss its atomic program. However, he reserved that "he should get guarantees that if talks resume, this trend will not turn into war."

The minister thus referred to Israel's 12-day bombing of Iran's atomic and military installations. He besides mentioned the US attack on 3 Iranian atomic program facilities of June 22.

Conditions for resuming negotiations

Aragchi pointed out that if the US and another countries want to resume talks with Iran, "most of all, there should be strong guarantees that specified actions will not happen again." He estimated that the attack on Iran's atomic installations made it hard and complicated to accomplish a solution based on negotiations.

Following these attacks, Iran suspended cooperation with the global Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which caused its inspectors to leave the country. Aragchi said that, in accordance with Iranian law, the Tehran authorities would respond to the IAEA's request for cooperation, examining each case separately and following their own interests.

Concerns for atomic Safety

The Minister added that any inspection of the IAEA should take into account Iran's safety and the safety of inspectors. He warned that there was a serious hazard of the proliferation of radioactive substances or the detonation of ammunition remaining after the war in the attacked atomic objects.

Iran's president Masud Pieszkaan stated on Monday that American attacks have so severely damaged atomic facilities in his country that the Iranian authorities are inactive incapable to measure the resulting damage.

(PAP) Note: This article was edited with Artificial Intelligence.