Iran will respond to the invitation of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, to conversations after adequate scrutiny, says his Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accusing Washington not to match actions with words.
The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Masoud fishshkian have rejected Trump’s letter and public exhortations for nuclear conversations such as deceitful and intimidating.
But the spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Esmaeil Baghaei, said that he was working on a diplomatic response.
“Until now, we have no reason to advertise the letter (from Trump) … Our response to this letter will be done through the appropriate channels after complete scrutiny,” Baghaei said Monday.
The Iranian spokesman pointed out contradictory signs of Washington, who expressed the preparation for conversations while applying new sanctions to Tehran’s economy.
“Diplomatic negotiations have a label in the sense that each side must recognize the interests of the other and, more importantly, to believe in fulfilling their commitments,” Baghaei added during a televised press conference.
“The United States does not respect that and uses the possibility of negotiations such as propaganda and political tool.”
In his first term, Trump retired the United States from a 2015 agreement between Iran and the main powers that had set strict limits in their nuclear activities in exchange for relief of sanctions.
After Trump retired in 2018 and imposed sanctions again, Iran violated and exceeded those limits in the development of its nuclear program.
Western powers accuse Iran of looking for nuclear weapons by enriching uranium up to 60 percent purity, above what they consider justifiable for a civil program.
Tehran says that the development of its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes and that it respects its commitments according to international law.
