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Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Iran says it won’t return to nuclear talks as long as US makes ‘unreasonable demands’
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Iran will not return to negotiations with the United States as long as Washington makes “unreasonable demands,” the Iranian foreign minister says, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
Tehran and Washington engaged in five rounds of indirect nuclear negotiations that ended with the 12-day air war in June in which Israel and the US bombed Iranian nuclear sites.
“Talks that were ongoing with the US as well as New York negotiations were suspended and did not go forward because of US excessive demands,” Abbas Araghchi says according to Tasnim, referring to the five rounds of talks and the UN General Assembly.
Israel said its sweeping assault on Iran’s top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites, and ballistic missile program was necessary to prevent the Islamic Republic from realizing its avowed plan to destroy Israel.
Iran has consistently denied seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. However, it enriched uranium to levels that have no peaceful application, obstructed international inspectors from checking its nuclear facilities, and expanded its ballistic missile capabilities. Israel said Iran had taken steps toward weaponization.
The Times of Israel Community.