Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei made the remarks during a press conference on Monday morning.
Baghaei told journalists that Tehran uses both military and diplomatic tools as needed to secure national interests, without seeking others’ approval.
“Diplomatic processes have their own rules, and parties to any negotiation must decide based on their national interests,” he said. “The Islamic Republic of Iran has shown it is serious in pursuing its national interests and legitimate rights, while at the same time participating in diplomatic processes with good faith and reason.”
The spokesman said the US side must prove its seriousness, warning that Washington has a record of breaking commitments in every diplomatic process it has joined over the past two decades. He cited the 2018 withdrawal from the nuclear deal and, over the past year, attacks on the negotiating table itself.
“We fight whenever necessary, and we use the weapon of diplomacy whenever we deem it right,” Baghaei said.
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MNA
