Iran FM rules out US talks after “very bitter experience”

In an interview with PBS News, Araghchi responded to a question on whether Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, would be open to renewed talks or a ceasefire, saying "it's too soon for him to make any comment."

"But I don't think the question of talking with Americans or negotiation with Americans once again would be on the table because, you know, we have a very bitter experience of talking with Americans," he said, pointing to the 12-day war last June when the Israeli and US militaries targeted Iranian nuclear facilities amid talks between Tehran and Washington.

Citing the latest round of US-Iran nuclear talks that concluded in Geneva in late February, where both sides had described the atmosphere as serious and constructive under Omani mediation, Araghchi said: "But again, after three rounds of negotiation, and after the American team in the negotiation said itself that we made big progress, still, they decided to attack us."

"So I don't think talking with Americans anymore would be on our agenda," he said.