The Minister of Foreign Affairs Iran Abbas Arakchi described as “important” the damage caused to his country’s nuclear facilities by the 12 -day war with the Israelclarifying that Tehran began to evaluate the consequences of this conflict.
The International Atomic Energy Organization (IOEA) requested give him access to Iran’s nuclear facilities to proceed with his own estimate For the losses after the war with Israel.
However, Arachi said that Government is bound by the law approved by parliamentwith which Cooperation with this UN service is interrupted.
“There is no doubt about the application of this law” and “from now on Our relationship and cooperation with the organization will take another form“, The head of Iranian diplomacy said in an interview on state television.
«Experts of the Atomic Energy Organization (Iran’s) are currently proceeding with a detailed assessment of damage“, He said. “Damage is important“, He continued.
According to Arachi, The Iranian government is discussing the possibility of requesting compensation.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that US blows have completely destroyed Iran’s most important nuclear facilities.
He also announced that “next week” talks with Tehran will begin again on its nuclear program, but Arakzi said there was no “plan” for the repetition of negotiations.
“The speculations for repetition of negotiations should not be taken seriously. I would like to say clearly that no agreement or settlement has been achieved to carry out new negotiations. There is still no plan for the start of negotiations, “Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakzi said on Iranian state television.
At the same time, White House spokesman Caroline Levit said that the Trump government was still in “close communication with the Iranians” but no talks on Tehran’s nuclear program have been planned at present.
“We haven’t planned anything for the time being, but I talked to our special envoy (Steve) Whitkov extensively this morning and I can assure you that we are still in close communication with the Iranians and through our mediators as well.”
Levit added that the government “always focuses on diplomacy and peace and we want to ensure that we can reach a point where Iran will agree on a nuclear program without enrichment for non -military purposes”.