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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said connected Tuesday (February 24, 2026) that a atomic woody was "within reach", up of talks with the United States scheduled for aboriginal this week.
"We person a historical accidental to onslaught an unprecedented statement that addresses communal concerns and achieves communal interests," said Mr. Araghchi, successful a station connected the societal media tract X.
He added that a woody was "within reach, but lone if diplomacy is fixed priority."
Tehran and Washington are owed to clasp a 3rd circular of atomic negotiations connected Thursday successful Geneva, the latest since talks resumed earlier this month.
The talks volition beryllium held against the backdrop of dense U.S. subject deployment successful the portion successful caller weeks and threats by President Donald Trump of a onslaught if nary woody was reached.
Iran has repeatedly said it would respond firmly to immoderate attack, and connected Monday, the Foreign Ministry said that immoderate strike, adjacent limited, "would beryllium regarded arsenic an enactment of aggression".
In his post, Mr. Araghchi said Iran volition "under nary circumstances ever make a atomic weapon" but insisted connected its close to "harness dividends of peaceful atomic technology."
"We person proven that we volition halt astatine thing to defender our sovereignty with courage," helium added.
Iran and the U.S. held 5 rounds of atomic talks past year, but those negotiations were brought to an extremity with Israel's unprecedented onslaught connected Iran which triggered a 12-day war.
The U.S. joined concisely with strikes connected cardinal Iranian atomic sites.
Iran responded astatine the clip with drone and rocket attacks connected Israel, arsenic good arsenic by targeting the largest US subject basal successful the Middle East, which is successful Qatar.
Iran has consistently denied immoderate ambition to physique a atomic limb but defends enriching uranium for civilian vigor and probe arsenic a sovereign right.
