Iran’s FM ‘confident’ nuclear deal can be reached with US amid ‘fruitful’ mediation

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi tells CNN that he believes Tehran can achieve a deal with the United States on the country’s nuclear program.

Tehran’s top diplomat says he is “confident that we can achieve a deal” on the program, which the US and Israel say aims to build nuclear weapons.

“Unfortunately, we have lost our trust [in] the US as a negotiating partner,” Araghchi tells the US network, while touting “fruitful” talks being mediated by mutual partners.

Araghchi stresses that the focus of talks must be focused on Iran’s nuclear program and not on curbing its ballistic missile program or support for proxy terror groups.

“Let’s not talk about impossible things,” he says, in response to a question on those matters by CNN, “And not lose the opportunity to achieve a fair and equitable deal to ensure no nuclear weapons. That as I said, is achievable even in a short period of time.”

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.