- Araghchi says rumors of conversations ‘should not be taken seriously’.
- Iranian legislators review Bill Suspending collaboration with IAEA.
- Khamenei accuses Trump of exaggerating Nuclear damage.
Iran has obviously said that it has no plans to restart nuclear conversations with the United States after recent US air strikes in its nuclear places and accused Washington of exaggerating the effect of the US strikes.
The country’s foreign minister rejected rumors of upcoming negotiations and said no discussions or agreements had been concluded.
The most serious conflict yet between Israel and Iran disturbed nuclear conversations between the two countries. However, President Donald Trump said Washington would hold discussions with Tehran next week, with his special envoy Steve Witkoff, who expresses hope “for an extensive peace agreement”.
But Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi rejected what he described as “speculation” of Tehran being ready to return to the table and said it “shouldn’t be taken seriously”.
“I would like to say clearly that no agreement, event or conversation has been made to start new negotiations,” he said on State -TV. “There is no plan yet to start the negotiations.”
Araghchi’s denial came when Iranian lawmakers passed a “binding” bill suspending cooperation with the UN’s nuclear watchdog, and after the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused Trump of exaggerating the effect of US strikes in Iranian nuclear places.
In a television speech – his first performance since a truce in the war with Israel – Khamenei paid tribute to what he called Iran’s “victory” over Israel, never promised to bow to us pressure and insisted that Washington had a humiliating “clap.”
“The US president exaggerated events in unusual ways, and it turned out he needed this exaggeration,” Khamenei said, rejecting us that Iran’s nuclear program had been set back for decades.
The strikes, he insisted, had done “nothing significant” for Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. However, Araghchi described the damage as “serious” and said a detailed assessment was in progress.
Trump claimed that key facilities, including the underground Fordo uranium enrichment site, had been “wiped out” by US B-2 bomber.
He posted on the social platform of his truth, and rejected speculation that Iran may have removed enriched uranium before the attack and said, “Nothing was taken out … Too dangerous and very heavy and difficult to move!”
He added that satellite images showing trucks on site only indicated that Iranian herds were trying to protect the plant with concrete.
Khamenei rejected such claims and said, “The Islamic Republic won, and in retaliation awarded a serious clap to America’s face.”
Both sides have declared victory: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a “historic victory,” while Khamenei said Iran’s missile return had brought Israel to the brim of collapse.
US defense
In Washington, the true impact of the strikes has triggered sharp political and intelligence debates.
A leaked classified assessment suggested that damage to Iran’s nuclear program can be less severe than originally claimed, which may be delaying progress by only a few months.
It contrasts with statements from senior US officials.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe said more facilities should be “rebuilt over the year”.
Pentagon chief Pete Hegeth accused the media of representing the operation.
He said the United States used massive GBU-57 Bunker-Buster bombs in Fordo and another underground place, while submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles targeted a third facility.
“President Trump created the conditions for ending the war, decimating – selecting your word – wiping out, destroying Iran’s nuclear capacity,” Hegeth said.
There is still doubt as to whether Iran calmly removed approx. 400 kg (880 pounds) enriched uranium from its most sensitive places before the strikes, potentially hiding nuclear material elsewhere in the country.
Netanyahu says Iran ‘prevented’
Following waves of Israeli attacks on nuclear and military sites and retaliatory missile from Iran since the middle of June the deadliest exchange between the two countries to date-bombed United States three important Iranian nuclear facilities.
The original intelligence reports, first revealed by CNN, indicated that the strikes did not destroy critical components and delayed Iran’s nuclear program only after months.
Experts questioned whether Iran prior to moving enriched uranium to protect it. The US administration has strongly denied such proposals.
The Israeli military said Iran’s nuclear places had taken a “significant” battle, but warned that it was “still early” to assess the full extent of the injury.
Netanyahu said Israel had “averted Iran’s nuclear project” and warned that any attempt from Iran to rebuild it would be met with the same determination and intensity.
Iran has consistently refused to seek a nuclear weapon and has defended its “legitimate rights” for the peaceful use of atomic energy.
It has also said that it is willing to return to nuclear negotiations with Washington.
The Israeli strikes on Iran killed at least 627 civilians, according to Iran’s Ministry of Health. Iran’s attack on Israel killed 28 people, according to Israeli figures.
