Overview
- On July 14, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei confirmed that no date, time or venue has been set for resuming stalled talks with Washington.
- Tehran says it will only return to the negotiating table once it obtains legal guarantees against future Israeli or U.S. strikes on its nuclear sites.
- Iran has suspended routine cooperation with the IAEA and now requires all inspection requests to be approved case by case by its Supreme National Security Council.
- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reiterated that any new agreement must recognize Iran’s sovereign right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes and exclude military-related issues.
- Tehran disputes recent reports that President Putin privately backs a zero-enrichment deal, underscoring divisions among external stakeholders over a potential accord.