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Published 20 Jun, 2025 11:15pm

Iran ready for diplomacy ‘once aggression is stopped’: Araghchi

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters in Geneva that Iran will be ready to pursue diplomacy once Israeli aggression ends, Al Jazeera reports.

“Iran’s nuclear programme is peaceful and has always been under the IAEA safeguards and monitoring. Hence, armed attacks against safeguarded nuclear facilities by a regime which is not a party to any WMD treaties is a serious crime and violation of international law,” he said.

He said he expressed “grave concern” about the failure of Germany, the UK, France and the European Union to condemn those attacks.

“Iran is ready to consider diplomacy once again — once the aggressionis stopped and the aggressor is held accountable for the crimescommitted,” Araghchi said. “In this regard, I made it crystal clearthat Iran’s defence capabilities are not negotiable.”

He added: “We support the continuation of discussion with the E3 (Germany, France and the UK) and EU, and expressed our readiness to meet again in the near future.”

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