{"id":312403,"date":"2025-07-20T07:16:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T07:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=312403"},"modified":"2025-07-21T06:31:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T06:31:51","slug":"iran-fully-prepared-if-israel-breaks-fragile-ceasefire-fm-araghchi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=312403","title":{"rendered":"Iran \u2018fully prepared\u2019 if Israel breaks \u2018fragile\u2019 ceasefire: FM Araghchi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press TV \u2013 July 19, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran is fully vigilant and prepared to defend itself should the Israeli regime break a \u201cfragile\u201d ceasefire that ended 12 days of aggression against the country last month. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Araghchi made the remarks in a Wednesday interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN) in Tianjin, China, where he attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) foreign ministers’ meeting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that the 12-day war launched by the Israeli regime against Iran was unprovoked military aggression and not simply a “conflict.”<\/p>\n

“It is not a conflict. It is an act of aggression, unprovoked aggression by Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had no way but to exercise our right of self-defense. So, we defended our country. We defended it in a very courageous way and forced the aggressors to stop the aggression and ask for an unconditional ceasefire, which was accepted by us,”\u00a0the top Iranian diplomat emphasized.<\/p>\n

He cast doubt on Israel’s intention to truly honor the ceasefire, which he characterized as \u201cfragile\u201d.<\/p>\n

“The ceasefire is, of course, fragile and the\u00a0reason is obvious: no ceasefire by the (Israeli) regime is reliable because the regime has a very bad record on that,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very careful and fully prepared if the ceasefire is broken, but this is not our wish. That was not our wish from the beginning. We did not want this war, but we were ready for that,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

The foreign minister said\u00a0Iran does not wish for the war to continue, but reaffirmed the country\u2019s full readiness should aggression resume.<\/p>\n

Between June 13 and 24, Israel waged a blatant and unprovoked aggression against Iran, killing at least 1,060 people, including high-ranking military commanders, nuclear scientists, and ordinary civilians.<\/p>\n

On June 22, the United States also entered the war\u00a0and bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, in a clear violation of international law and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).<\/p>\n

In response, the Iranian Armed Forces targeted strategic sites across the occupied territories as well as the al-Udeid air base in Qatar, the largest American military base in West Asia.<\/p>\n

On June 24, Iran, through its successful retaliatory operations against both the Israeli regime and the US, managed to impose a halt to the illegal assault.<\/p>\n

Iran open to talks if other side shows genuine intent for win-win solution <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Araghchi said Iran will resume nuclear negotiations with the United States if it sees a real intention for a win-win solution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere should be a real intention for a win-win solution. Our nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, and we are 100% confident in that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He emphasized that Iran has no problem sharing this confidence with others, which \u201ccan happen only through negotiation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran and the United States had held five rounds of indirect talks on Tehran\u2019s peaceful nuclear program before June 13, when Israel launched aggression on the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n

Mediated by Oman, the 6th\u00a0round of talks had been\u00a0planned to be held in the Omani capital of Muscat on June 15, but was called off due to the attacks.<\/p>\n

Firm determination can lead to a negotiated agreement<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Araghchi said the opposite side\u2019s \u201cserious and real\u201d determination can lead to a negotiated agreement.<\/p>\n

He stressed the need for the US\u00a0to drop the military option, adding that the sides should move forward and seek a solution through negotiations.<\/p>\n

He noted that the US attacks on the three Iranian nuclear facilities proved that there is no military solution to the country\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n

“Only one diplomatic and negotiated solution can be effective, and its realization is only possible when they set aside their military ambitions and compensate for the damages they have inflicted on us. Then we will be ready to participate in negotiations,\u201d Araghchi pointed out.<\/p>\n

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