Iran is keeping an open door to diplomacy while maintaining its willingness to defend itself, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Argachi said, as consultations with Qatari mediators on a proposed two-day plan continue. Argachi said that Iran has not reached a final conclusion about the Qatari initiative, explaining that it depends on "the responses of the other parties to our questions. He clarified that the last visit of Iranian delegations to Qatar, which was held at the level of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, was intended to continue consultation with Qatari mediators and that negotiations with the US "were never on the agenda of the visits. Argachi added that the consultations are underway and that Iran is making every effort to advance them, and expressed hope that the other side will demonstrate "sufficient rationality to prioritize diplomacy over other options. ".

Iran is keeping an open door to diplomacy while maintaining its willingness to defend itself, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Argachi said, as consultations with Qatari mediators on a proposed two-day plan continue. Argachi said that Iran has not reached a final conclusion about the Qatari initiative, explaining that it depends on "the responses of the other parties to our questions. He clarified that the last visit of Iranian delegations to Qatar, which was held at the level of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, was intended to continue consultation with Qatari mediators and that negotiations with the US "were never on the agenda of the visits. Argachi added that the consultations are underway and that Iran is making every effort to advance them, and expressed hope that the other side will demonstrate "sufficient rationality to prioritize diplomacy over other options. ".