Iran says future US nuclear talks must include compensation for attacks
Iran said it will hold the US accountable for attacks on its nuclear sites in any future talks, a demand Washington has dismissed as ‘ridiculous’
“In any potential negotiation... the issue of holding the United States accountable and demanding compensation for committing military aggression against Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities will be one of the topics on the agenda,” foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told a press briefing on Monday.
Asked whether Iran would engage in direct talks with the United States, Baqaei said: “No.”
In mid-June, Israel launched an unprecedented attack targeting Iranian nuclear and military sites, but also hitting residential areas over 12 days of war, which US forces joined with attacks on nuclear facilities at Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz.
The fighting derailed talks that began in April and had been the highest-level contact between Tehran and Washington since the United States abandoned a landmark agreement on Iran’s nuclear activities in 2018.