Iran is ready for diplomacy, an economic blockade and a military confrontation: the deputy minister.
Tehran, Iran - Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, says the Islamic Republic is prepared for three possible scenarios in dealing with the US: diplomacy, economic blockade and military aggression.
"The US has shown bad faith at least three times over the past year and a half. It shows that the US cannot be trusted at the diplomatic table," Gribabadi said in a televised interview on Sunday evening.
He cited three cases: the 12-day war, which occurred while the negotiations were underway; the 40-day war, which also took place while talks were underway; and the negotiations in Islamabad and the memorandum of understanding, which he said lasted two weeks at most.
An Iranian requirement cannot be removed from any deal.
Gribabadi said Iran's main demands for an agreement with the US include a permanent end to the war on all fronts, an end to the economic blockade imposed by the US, the issue of Iran's blocked assets and the removal of certain sanctions, including in the oil sector.
He added that the US, after abandoning its commitments and canceling the Islamabad Agreement in full, imposed new sanctions whose status must also be resolved, and said that they cannot remain a new tool in the hands of Washington demanding that Iran negotiate their removal again.
Military presence, implementation timeline.
Referring to the recent US military presence in the region and the timetable for implementing the commitments, Gribabadi said that new military equipment and forces that the United States added to the region after the previous understanding are among the issues whose status must be clarified, and Washington must take practical steps regarding them.