Iran said Friday it would refuse to hold nuclear talks with the US while it was still under attack from Israel after President Trump essentially gave a two-week deadline to allow for renewed negotiations.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi vowed there was no room for negotiations with the United States “until Israeli aggression stops.”
“Americans want to negotiate and have sent messages several times, but we clearly said that as long as this aggression doesn’t stop, there’s no place for talk of dialogue,” he said in an address on state television.
He accused the US, too, of being a “partner to Israeli crime against Iran.”
In his statement, Araqchi added that any Iranian attacks were “legitimate defence”, claiming that they did not target medical facilities, despite hitting an Israeli hospital in Beersheba yesterday, wounding 80 people.
Israel launched a series of major airstrikes overnight targeting an Iranian nuclear testing facility and missile production sites in response to the attack.
The attack killed two Iranian nuclear scientists, the IDF has claimed.
The latest attacks come after President Trump said Thursday he’d make a final decision on whether to strike Iran in the “next two weeks” as he held out hope