Iranian FM says Trump seeks talks because US has not achieved its objectives

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrives to attend talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library, in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 27, 2026. (AP/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrives to attend talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library, in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 27, 2026. (AP/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says that Tehran is looking into US President Donald Trump’s request for negotiations, according to a post on the minister’s Telegram account.

He tells reporters in Russia that Trump requested negotiations because the US has not achieved any of its objectives.

Araghchi says the Islamic Republic is “stable, solid” during a meeting in Russia with President Vladimir Putin, according to Russian state TV.

The Iranian foreign minister says due to the war with the United States and Israel, “the world has now realized Iran’s true power” and “it has become clear that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a stable, solid and powerful system,” he says in the meeting in Saint Petersburg.

He adds that Russia has stood by Iran and the two countries will continue their “strategic partnership.”

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