The Iranian Foreign Minister said Abbas Araqji For its European counterparts on Friday, Iran will not enter into direct negotiations with A.US As long as Israel continues its military campaign, after the Israeli chief of staff, Eyal Zamir, expected a “long” war with Tehran.
Araqji said after his meeting on Friday in Geneva, his French, British and German counterparts and foreign policy officials in European Union Kaya Callas The Iran is ready to restrict its uranium enrichment in a way similar to the 2015 nuclear agreement, from which the United States withdrew in 2018, but he made it clear that Iran would not agree to the American demand to stop fertilization.
Araqji also assured the Iranian media after the meeting that Tehran is still committed to the diplomatic path and is ready to meet again with European foreign ministers, stressing that Iran will not negotiate its defense capabilities.
Axius quoted European diplomats directly familiar with the discussions that the meeting between Iran and Western powers, which lasted for two hours, did not result in any diplomatic breakthrough, as none of the parties made a new proposal. The meeting was described as a preliminary communication, and the two parties agreed to the meeting again next week, according to European diplomats.
European diplomats said that the Iranians seemed more open than before to discuss not only restrictions on their nuclear program, but also a set of non -nuclear issues, including the Iranian missile program, the network of its regional agents, Russia’s military aid, and European detainees in Iran.
European foreign ministers urged Araqji to directly engage with the Trump administration and suggested that American actors involve in the upcoming talks, but Araqji refused, according to diplomats.
Although the Iranian Foreign Minister maintained direct contacts with Steve Witkev The envoy of US President Donald Tarmb since the beginning of the war has repeated in Geneva that Iran will not negotiate the United States as long as Israeli strikes are continuing.
European position
In a joint statement after the meeting, the ministers of the European Triple Group and the European Union’s foreign policy official reiterated their long -term concern about the expansion Iranian nuclear programAnd they added, “They discussed ways to reach a negotiating solution on the Iranian nuclear program, while emphasizing the urgent nature of the issue.”
European diplomats said that during the meeting they explained that the time was running out to reach a diplomatic solution.
“The positive result today is that we are leaving the hall with the impression that the Iranian side is ready to continue to discuss all important issues,” said German Foreign Minister Johan Vadevol.
“We believe that there is no final solution to the military means of the Iranian nuclear issue. Military operations may delay them, but they cannot eliminate them,” said French Foreign Minister Jean Noel Barrow.
In a related context, the British Foreign Secretary said that the Iranians have an opportunity to reach a diplomatic solution and they must take the necessary steps, warning against entering Washington He plans him and the Iranians take him seriously, according to the Financial Times newspaper, quoting a British official.
He was the French president Emmanuel Macron I announce that Germany France The cowboys It will make a “comprehensive negotiating show” for Iran, including nuclear issues, ballistic missile activities, and the financing of armed factions in the region.
Araqji is scheduled to travel to Istanbul On Saturday to attend the Islamic Cooperation Organization meeting, it is expected to visit Moscow Monday to meet the Russian President Vladimir Putin Discussing war, according to diplomats.
The next meeting is likely to be held with the European foreign ministers after these two stations, which may narrow the “window of the two weeks” that Trump referred to.
An Iraqi meeting was held in Geneva with senior diplomats European Union France And the United Kingdom Germany, this was the first direct meeting between Iran and Western powers since Israel launched its attack on Iran A week ago.
This came a day after Trump announced that he would take a decision “during the next two weeks” about whether it would strike the Iranian nuclear program, which kept the door open to a diplomatic solution.
The European Union, Britain, France and Germany spoke with the Trump administration to coordinate before the meeting, but the American president was conservative on the European diplomatic efforts, and told reporters:
“Iran does not want to talk to Europe. They want to speak to us. Europe will not be able to help in this.”
For its part, CBS quoted diplomats that Türkiye And Oman European countries offered to host direct or indirect talks between Washington and Tehran, noting that diplomacy will have a final opportunity next week to end the Israeli -Iranian conflict.
The network also quoted Western diplomats that there are secret talks on the possibility of securing nuclear sites and materials in Iran, and the possible repercussions are discussing the allies when hitting nuclear facilities in Iran. It also addresses secret talks who will lead Iran later.
CBS quoted a diplomat that the Israeli attack may worry the supreme guide in Iran Ali Khamenei Regarding communication for his concerns about using signals to target him.
An Israeli holiday
While the Geneva meeting was held, the Chief of Staff said Israeli army Eyal Zamir In a photo message in which the Israelis addressed: “We launched the most complex campaign in our history, we have to be ready for a long campaign. Although great progress is awaiting us difficult days. We are preparing for many possibilities.”
Zamir stressed that the Israeli army prepared for the “rising lion” operation for “years”, adding, “In recent months, we speeded the parallel to fighting the fighting on several fronts while maintaining the largest amount of secrecy,” explaining that the “mixing” of nuclear threats and Iranian missiles “forced us to direct a proactive blow.”
Zamir pointed out that, before the Israeli attack, Iran had “about 2,500 surface-to-surface missiles and was producing it at a regular pace” that allows it to reach a “eight thousand missiles” after two years.
The work ended with a previous agreement to organize the Iranian nuclear program, which was concluded in 2015 between Tehran and the major powers, in 2018 after the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from it and the re -imposition of US sanctions on Iran during a state Donald Trump The first presidential.
In response, Iran abandoned some of its obligations, which led to an acceleration Uranium enrichment.
Iran has fertilized uranium to a high level of 60%, according to International Atomic Energy Agency. To make an atomic bomb, the fertilization level must be raised to 90%. The 2015 agreement set the fertilization limit at 3.67%.
Whoepans Israel On mystery of having nuclear weapons, but it has 90 nuclear heads, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).