Baghaei: Attack on Iran was costly for intl. community

Tehran - BORNA - "The attack by the US and the Zionist regime on Iran was a betrayal of diplomacy. This attack was costly for the international community, because no negotiations can be trusted anymore, because this attack was carried out while negotiations between Iran and Washington were goin on," Esmaeil Baghaei said in an international conference dubbed “International Law Under Assault: Aggression and Defense” in Tehran on Sunday.

Baghaei made the remarks in response to the question of whether an agreement was possible during the Iran-US nuclear negotiations. "The short answer to this question is that yes, we were negotiating [mediated by Oman], but just 2 days before the sixth round of negotiations, the illegal attack on Iran came," he said.

"There is evidence that the US was not serious in those talks, but we should have continued the talks and maintained our professional approach. The Israel and the US action was not simply an act of using force, but it was also a betrayal of international principles," the spokesman added.

Tehran and Washington had held five rounds of indirect talks on Iran’s nuclear program before Israel unleashed a war on the Islamic Republic, which included strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
Mediated by Oman, the 6th round of talks was planned to be held in Muscat, but was called off due to the Israeli raids.

The aggression killed more than a thousand people, including a number of the Islamic Republic’s top military officials and commanders.

Instead of condemning the terror act, the US attacked three Iranian nuclear facilities—an action which was described by Tehran as betrayal to diplomacy.

Iran has called on the United States and Europe to show sincerity if they wish to rebuild trust with Tehran, stressing that they must respect the Islamic Republic’s rights and stop raising excessive demands.

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