Monday, during an interview with the BBC, The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, He assured that the government of Trump communicated to Iranthrough mediators, who wants to return to negotiations, but what “His position has not made clear” about the possibility of new attacks while conversations are conducted.
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On Tuesday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abás Araqchideclared in the same direction: “So that we decide to resume negotiations, we will first have to make sure that the United States will not attack militarily during the negotiations,” said.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abas Araqchi, during a press conference at the Lutfi Kırdard Congresses Center in Istanbul, on June 22, 2025. (Photo of Ozan Kose / AFP)
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USA and Iran They had agreed the sixth round of negotiations between the two countries for June 15 in Omanbut two days before Israel He started bombing Iranian territory and frustrated the encounter.
Israel began the war with the purpose of destroying Iran’s nuclear program and neutralizing its powerful ballistic missile arsenal. The United States got involved in the conflict by attacking with antibunker missiles three Iranian key facilities: Fordow, Natanz and Isfahán.
In the 12 -day War, at least 935 people died in Iran, including 38 children; and 28 in Israel.
After a High total fireJune 25 Trump announced that the United States and Iran “next week” will meet to discuss a possible Nuclear agreement. Two days later, the US president warned that his country The option to attack Iran would be reserved again if intelligence suggests that the Iranian nuclear program is able to enrich uranium at “worrying levels”.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, addresses the nation from the White House on June 21, 2025, after the announcement of the bombing to the nuclear facilities of Iran. (Photo of Carlos Barria / AFP).
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In addition, western media have reported that the requirement of Trump of a Zero enrichment of uranium It is still unnegotiable.
But in the interview with the BBC, Takht-Ravanchi said that I will “insist” in the right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposesand rejected the accusations that Tehran is secretly moving towards the development of a nuclear bomb.
“The level can be discussed, the capacity can be discussed, but say that it should not be enriched, that zero enrichment must be taken, and that if you do not agree, it will be bombed, that is the law of the jungle,” said Takht-Ravanchi.
Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran. (Photo: Safin Hamid / AFP).
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For its part, Minister Araqchí said Iran will defend himself if he suffers from new attacks.
“We have shown and demonstrated during this 12 -day war that we have the capacity to defend ourselves, and we will continue to do so in case any aggression against us”he said.
The bombing of the United States in Fordow. (AFP).
Meanwhile, Rafael Grossidirector of the International Atomic Energy Agency (Oiea), said a few days ago that United States attacks in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahán caused serious, but “non -total” damage, while Trump declared that Iran’s nuclear facilities had remained “Totally destroyed.”
Grossi also said the weekend that Iran has the ability to enrich Uranium in “matter of months.”
In this context, the relationship of Iran with the Oiea It’s getting worse. On Wednesday, the Iranian Parliament decided to suspend cooperation with the UN atomic control agency, accusing him of being on the side of Israel and the United States.
Iran tries to appear fortress
The Iranians cry on the coffin of a soldier who died in an Israeli attack. (AFP photo).
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The international analyst Roberto Heimovits said to Commerce that the condition of Iran It seems to be an attempt of the regime to prove hardness, “Prove that they are still strong, both in front of their enemies and more or less friends such as Russia and China”.
He argued that A dictatorial regime like Iranian always tries to appear hardness even after a defeat, But he added that the problem for Tehran is that if the United States and Israel are convinced that they are only trying to gain time to recompose its nuclear program, then They could launch new attacks against Iran.
“Iran wants to restore the deterrence he has lost with the Israeli attack by putting conditions to the United States”said Heimovits.
“Araqchi’s own foreign minister said Iran is in a position to restart enrichment when I wanted. And not only that, but they can go fast and compensate for the lost time “he added.
Heimovits said that if the United States and Israel offer the guarantee it demands Iranthe deterrence capacity of these countries could be weakened.
“If it happens, a situation could be reached where negotiations can be due, as it is sometimes known to do in the Middle East, and in the meantime try to repair their enrichment capacity and the other components of its nuclear program”he said.
“It would be acceptable for United States and Israel Only if together with the guarantees a deadline to reach an agreement with Iran is set. A short term of three weeks or one month. Because we must not forget that There are news of Iranian soldiers’ gangs who are already working in Natanz and Fordow Apparently trying to reach the undergrounds who have been bombarded to recover from there what they can, ”said Heimovits.
About Trump’s demand for Zero enrichment of uraniumHeimovits said that there could be a margin of negotiation, which would imply the creation of a regional consortium to enrich uranium only 3.67%, which is what is needed to generate electricity, and give it to Iran.
“More beyond that, because if they will enrich Uranium again, I could say that he is enriching 3.67%, but he is actually doing much more”he continued.
Heimovits is convinced that before the 12 -day war Iran was already determined to have the nuclear weapon. “If so, then it is not explained why it had enriched Uranium at 60%, when at that level it cannot be applied to any civil purpose, only to military purposes. And it is not explained either why it had enriched 408 kilos enough for new nuclear bombs. In addition, why it spent so many billions of dollars to make underground facilities if its program was peaceful, it could have worked in facilities on the surface.”
The nuclear weapon
Until before the Iran war they had 408.6 kilos of 60%enriched uranium, according to the OIEA. It is not known where that matter is or if it was destroyed by the bombings.
The concrete is that when it reaches 60% of uranium enrichment, Iran had already gone through the most difficult of this process to obtain the nuclear weapon and placed very close to the point of no return, which is 90%.
According to OIEA experts and other specialized sources, if Iran decided to break all the limits and accelerate its program to the maximum, It could enrich uranium from 60% to 90% within a week and three weeksusing their most advanced centrifuges.
Once with 90%enriched uranium, manufacturing a basic nuclear bomb can take Iran of three to six months.
Then, Miniaturize that pump to mount it in a ballistic missile can last from one to two years.
