Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs outlined Iran’s key principles for talks, stressing that actual peace is not achievable through pressure, threats, or coercion.
Tehran – IranView24
In a message on his X on Tuesday, Kazem Gharibabadi noted, “The Islamic Republic of Iran has emphasized clear principles: the permanent cessation of war and its non-repetition, compensation for damages, lifting of the siege, removal of illegal sanctions, and respect for Iran’s rights. These are not maximalist demands; they are the minimum requirements of any serious, sustainable arrangement aligned with the United Nations Charter to end a crisis that began with the unlawful resort to force.”
Regarding the US actions toward Iran, Gharibabadi stressed, “True peace cannot be built with a literature of humiliation, threats, and coercive score-settling. When the party that has directly played a role in the war, siege, sanctions, and threats through brute force rejects Iran’s response solely because it is not a letter of surrender, it becomes clear that the main issue is not peace, but the imposition of political will through the path of threats and pressure.”
Rejecting US claims on pursuing the diplomacy path, he added “One cannot speak of a ceasefire while continuing the siege; talk of diplomacy while intensifying sanctions; or discuss regional stability while providing political and military support to a regime that is the source of aggression and instability. Such an approach is not negotiation; it is the continuation of a policy of coercion with diplomatic verbiage.”
