Iran says it will respond to U.S. letter after undertaking a review of it
TEHRAN (Iran News) Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei says Iran will give its response to a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump once the Islamic Republic completes undertaking a review of the letter.
Baqaei made the comment on Monday in a weekly press briefing of the Foreign Ministry in Tehran nearly a week after Iran received Trump’s letter. The U.S. president announced on March 7 that he had written the letter to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, a month after he restored his “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran, while expressing willingness to negotiate with the Islamic Republic.
Baqaei said that Tehran does not intend to publicize the content of the letter, emphasizing that what has been published in the media is mostly speculation. However, he added, the context of the letter does not differ from what the U.S. president has said publicly.
The spokesperson further said that the U.S. has numerous ways to demonstrate its sincerity, but it sends contradictory messages as Washington expresses readiness for negotiations while it simultaneously imposes sanctions on Iran’s trade and manufacturing sectors.
He said that Iran’s “response to this correspondence will be made” through appropriate channels after a review of Trump’s letter is completed, and rejected any connection between the letter and the Sunday trip by Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi to Oman.
Regarding that trip, Baqaei said developments in the West Asia region are unfolding so quickly that it requires regional countries to hold intense negotiations.
- source : irna
