Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said in an interview with Japan’s Kyodo News that Tehran would require more than just a ceasefire for the war with the US and Israel to end.
– “Our message is that this war is not our war. This is a war that has been imposed on us. We were negotiating with the United States when they decided to attack us. This was a blatant act of aggression; an illegal, unjustified and unprovoked act of aggression,” Araghchi told the news outlet on Friday.
– “What we are doing is purely self-defence. We will continue to defend ourselves, however necessary and for as long as necessary,” he said, according to a transcript of the interview shared on his Telegram account.
– “Our position is, and I must reiterate, that we do not accept a ceasefire because we do not want the scenario of last year to be repeated. The war must be completely and permanently ended, and there must be guarantees that this situation will not be repeated,” Araghchi said.
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