Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that if Israeli attacks on his country stop, “our responses will also stop.” He made the comment before diplomats in Tehran, his first public appearance since the Israeli strikes began on Friday, says AP.
“If the aggression stops, our responses will also stop,” Araghchi said. There was no immediate reaction from Israel, which had been continuing strikes Sunday across Iran. Araghchi’s appearance came on a day he was initially scheduled to be negotiating with the United States in Oman over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. But the negotiations fell apart amid the Israeli attacks.
Earlier on Saturday, Araqchi said that the continuation of indirect Iran-U.S. talks amid Israel’s savagery is “unjustifiable.” As reported by Iranian news agency IRNA, he added, “Iran has given a decisive response to the Zionist regime’s aggressions to protect its national sovereignty, people, and security, and is resolved to use its legitimate right to take countermeasures.”