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Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Majid Takht-Ravanchi told foreign ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions in Tehran Friday that Iran's 10-point plan has been agreed upon as the basis for negotiations with the United States.
He warned that Tehran would not accept a ceasefire that allows the U.S. and Israel to rearm and attack again, as Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei urged Iranians to remain "constantly vigilant" to avenge his father's assassination.
Takht-Ravanchi made the statement during a meeting with foreign ambassadors and heads of diplomatic organizations in Tehran, semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported.
"It has been agreed that Iran's 10-point plan will be the basis for negotiations," he said.
The deputy foreign minister said the Islamic Republic welcomed diplomacy and dialogue, "but not dialogue based on false information with the aim of deception and laying the groundwork for renewed military aggression against Iran."
Takht-Ravanchi issued an explicit warning on the conditions Iran required for any durable agreement.
"We do not seek a ceasefire that allows the aggressor enemy to rearm and carry out aggression again, and we have clearly told our friends that this situation will not be repeated without guarantees," he said.
He called the U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran an "illegal war" and said Iran's armed forces "imposed defeat on the American and Israeli aggressors and forced them to change their strategic outlook toward Iran."
Takht-Ravanchi also said Iran's defensive operations should not be considered attacks against neighboring countries, clarifying that Iranian operations targeted U.S. bases and facilities on their territory used in the military assault against Iran.
Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen in public since the war broke out, shared a link to a statement on social media Thursday, marking the end of the official 40-day mourning period for his father Ali Khamenei's assassination.
"Dear nation, although official mourning period for the martyrdom of your great leader has come to an end... there remains a firm determination to avenge him and all the martyrs... and we will be constantly vigilant to realise this," Khamenei wrote.
The 56-year-old's statement signals that Iran's internal political climate remains defined by the assassination of the former supreme leader even as delegations prepare to meet in Islamabad.
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