🎥 Gharibabadi: It is the USA that must win the trust of the Islamic Republic of Iran/ America's commitments can be implemented within a day or two/ Currently, the discussions with the mediators are that these demands of Iran must be implemented.
Kazem Garibabadi, Deputy Minister of Legal and International Affairs, said in a special interview for the news:
🔹 Considering the opinions that the Americans have expressed on these issues, we are still far from reaching the stage where we can sit down at the negotiating table and finalize the text of the agreement. This gap is due to the fact that the United States has opinions regarding the implementation of some of these cases in a two-day period or within the seven-day plan, and ultimately seeks to postpone the implementation of some of them to other times.
These suggestions are not operational in our opinion; Because if even one of the few issues I mentioned is not implemented at the current stage, it is basically impossible to reach an understanding. Even if an understanding is formed, such an understanding will be unstable.
We did not start the war. The Islamic Republic of Iran was not fundamentally militant and we did not start a war with America or target American interests and bases. The war happened and we defended ourselves. We were always in a position of self-defense.
Therefore, if a country is to win the trust of another country, we should not pay more to win the trust of America. America is that if it wants a diplomatic solution to the issue, it must win the trust of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
We are facing two situations; One situation is through diplomacy and the other is the continuation of military threats and conditions of war. Some refer to this situation as "neither war, nor peace", but my personal belief is that legally, we are still in a state of war and not a state of neither war nor peace. Why because we see that every day, sometimes, harmful actions and military actions are carried out by America against our interests. If we see this situation as neither war nor peace, any side that takes initial action may be considered a form of military aggression. But if we consider the situation as a legal state of war - which I believe is the case - the actions of the Islamic Republic of Iran until the war ends permanently will be defined in the framework of legitimate defense.
In other words, we don't wait until a base or one of our interests is attacked, and we simply react to that action. In conditions of war, military operations are placed within the requirements and demands of legitimate defense; Because this situation continues and has not yet been resolved. Just yesterday we witnessed a military operation. Therefore, the situation is still war and this situation has its own requirements. 🔹 If America thinks it can achieve results through the military path, it has already tried this path; In both the 12-day war and the 40-day war, he did not achieve the results he expected, and according to my interpretation, he suffered heavy strategic failures.
The second way is diplomacy. Therefore, if the US is going to move forward with diplomacy, it is the US that must win the trust of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Another point is that the commitments we put on the table are not new and weak commitments; Instead, these are the same obligations that America has committed to in the past and now must return to implementing them. If America opposes the implementation of these commitments, of course we should be suspicious of its intentions and approach.
Currently, the discussions with the mediators are about whether these requirements should be implemented. If America does not want this process to be prolonged, it can do these actions in a day or two. This is the reason that in practice the seven-day plan can be reduced to two days; This means that America will meet its obligations and reopen the Strait of Hormuz from the second day.
This issue is in the hands of America. Whenever it fulfills these demands, it will pave the way for a diplomatic settlement. Otherwise, the Islamic Republic of Iran cannot pay additional costs and, despite being a victim of war and aggression, take measures to achieve America's satisfaction. Such a thing is fundamentally unacceptable.