- Araghchi says that rumors about conversations “should not be taken seriously.”
- Iranian legislators approve an invoice that suspends cooperation with the OIEA.
- Khamenei accuses Trump of exaggerating the damage to nuclear sites.
Iran has clearly said that he has no plans to restart nuclear conversations with the United States after recent American air attacks in his nuclear sites and accused of Washington of exaggerating the impact of US strikes.
The country’s foreign minister dismissed any rumor of the next negotiations and said no discussions or agreements had been made.
The most serious conflict so far between Israel and Iran interrupted nuclear conversations between the two countries. However, President Donald Trump said Washington would maintain discussions with Tehran next week, with his special envoy Steve Witkoff expressing hope “by an integral peace agreement.”
But Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi dismissed what he described as “speculation” that Tehran was ready to return to the table, saying that “it should not be taken seriously.”
“I would like to declare clearly that no agreement, agreement or conversation has been made to start new negotiations,” he said on state television. “No plan to begin negotiations has been established.”
Araghchi’s denial occurred as Iranian legislators approved a “binding” bill that suspended cooperation with the UN Nuclear Control Agency, and after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused Trump of exaggerating the impact of US attacks on Iranian nuclear sites.
In a televised speech, his first appearance from a high fire in the war with Israel, Khamenei praised what he called Iran’s “victory” over Israel, he never promised to bow before us, and insisted that Washington had received a humiliating “slap.”
“The US president exaggerated events unusually, and it turned out that he needed this exaggeration,” Khamenei said, rejecting the United States statements that Iran’s nuclear program had been delayed for decades.
The attacks, he insisted, had not done “significant” to Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. Araghchi, however, described the damage as “serious” and said a detailed evaluation was underway.
Trump said the key facilities, including the underground enrichment site of Uranium of Fordo, had been “erased” by American bombers B-2.
Publishing on its real social platform, it ruled out the speculation that Iran could have eliminated enriched uranium before the raid, stating: “Nothing was taken … too dangerous and very heavy and difficult to move!”
He added that the satellite images that show trucks on the site only indicated that the Iranian crews were trying to protect the installation with concrete.
Khamenei rejected such statements, stating: “The Islamic Republic won, and in retaliation he brought a severe slap to the face of America.”
Both parties have declared victory: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described him as a “historical victory”, while Khamenei said that Iran’s missile reprisals had taken Israel to the edge of the collapse.
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In Washington, the true impact of strikes has triggered acute political and intelligent debates.
A classified filtered evaluation suggested that Iran’s nuclear program can be less serious than he initially claimed, possibly delaying progress in just a few months.
That contrasts with the statements of senior US officials.
The director of the CIA, John Ratcliffe, said that several facilities would have to be “rebuilt over the years.”
The head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, accused the media of misrepresenting the operation.
He said that the United States used massive bunker-buster bunker bombs in Fordo and another underground place, while the Tomahawk missiles launched by submarine went to a third installation.
“President Trump created the conditions to end the war, decimating, choosing your word, erasing, destroying Iran’s nuclear capabilities,” said Hegseth.
There are doubts about whether they will silently eliminated about 400 kilograms (880 pounds) of enriched uranium of their most sensitive sites before strikes, potentially hiding nuclear material in other parts of the country.
Netanyahu says that Iran ‘frustrated’
After the waves of Israeli attacks against nuclear and military sites and retaliation missile fire from Iran since mid -June, the most fatal exchange between the two countries to date, the United States bombarded three key Iranian atomic facilities.
Initial intelligence reports, revealed for the first time by CNN, indicated that strikes did not destroy critical components and delayed Iran’s nuclear program only for months.
The experts questioned if Iran had preventively moved the enriched uranium to protect it. The US administration has strongly denied such suggestions.
The Israeli army said that Iran’s nuclear sites had received a “significant” blow, but warned that it was “still early” to evaluate the total damage of the damage.
Netanyahu said that Israel had “frustrated Iran’s nuclear project”, warning that any attempt to rebuild it would meet the same resolution and intensity.
Iran has constantly denied the search for a nuclear weapon and has defended its “legitimate rights” to the peaceful use of atomic energy.
He has also said that he is willing to return to nuclear negotiations with Washington.
Israeli attacks on Iran killed at least 627 civilians, according to Iran’s Ministry of Health. Iran’s attacks against Israel killed 28 people, according to Israeli figures.
