Iranian foreign minister: US now ‘begging’ for talks on our terms
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- Iran’s foreign minister says the US sought to force Tehran into surrender but failed.
- Araghchi claims Iran secured favorable terms in the memorandum of understanding, despite what he called efforts by Israel to sabotage its implementation.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has declared that Iran prevailed both militarily and diplomatically in its war with the United States, saying Washington’s objective was to force Tehran to surrender.
“The US objective in the war was to force Iran to surrender, but we will not surrender,” Araghchi said, according to Iranian media.
He claimed that Washington is now seeking negotiations on terms set by Tehran.
“America is now begging to negotiate with us according to our conditions,” he said.
Araghchi praises agreement
Araghchi said the memorandum of understanding signed between Iran and the US contained “13 provisions in our favour and one in theirs.”
He accused Israel of doing everything possible to undermine the agreement and prevent its implementation.
The comments come as efforts to revive the US-Iran understanding have stalled. Reuters reported this week that Tehran has warned it could escalate militarily if Washington fails to implement the interim agreement within weeks.
Araghchi said Iran’s military capabilities were central to its diplomatic position during negotiations.
“We won the war, and we also won in diplomacy, and we forced the enemy to accept our conditions,” he said.
He added that Iran’s battlefield capabilities gave its diplomats greater leverage at the negotiating table.
The remarks come amid continued tensions over the Strait of Hormuz and the future of the June memorandum, with Washington and Tehran holding sharply different interpretations of its terms.
