US-Iran Nuclear Talks A “Cover Up” For Israel Attack: Iran’s Foreign Minister

After Israel launched an attack on Iran just days before scheduled talks with the US, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the country is uncertain whether to trust the United States in diplomatic talks, in an interview to NBC.

When asked if the two-week time frame given by US President Donald Trump is enough to finalise a deal with the United States, Araghchi said that it was up to the Trump administration to “show their determination for going for a negotiated solution.”

He also accused the US of not being serious regarding the talks and only using it as a cover to justify the attacks by Israel. “So they had perhaps this plan in their mind, and they just needed negotiations perhaps to cover it up,” Araghchi said. “We don’t know how we can trust them anymore. What they did was, in fact, a betrayal to diplomacy.”