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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that there is no military solution to his country’s conflict with the United States, as talks on ending the war appeared to remain at an impasse.
“If our enemies again choose the path of military confrontation, our response will be stronger than before, and we will defend ourselves with even more force,” Araghchi told a gathering of foreign ambassadors.
“There is no military solution, nor any solution based on new sanctions,” he added.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf also said Sunday that Tehran is “neither excited nor intimidated” by U.S. actions, stressing that Iran is prepared to “both fight and negotiate.”
“We are present in the military battlefield with all our strength and we will face them with new surprises, and we use the tools of diplomacy to establish our superiority in the military field and impose the rights of the Iranian people,” Qalibaf told parliament, according to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency.
Qalibaf said Washington had conveyed proposals through mediators after Tehran presented a seven-day roadmap for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
He reiterated Iran’s position that the strait will not reopen “until our seven conditions based on the Islamabad Memorandum are met,” referring to a framework deal reached in June.
Last month, Iran conveyed a formal set of conditions to the United States through Qatari mediators for ending the war, which began Feb. 28.
Tehran’s conditions included a comprehensive cessation of hostilities on all fronts, the release of frozen Iranian funds, and an end to the naval blockade of its ports.
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