Iran's Foreign Minister Says Trump-Led US Conducts Nuclear Negotiations Like Property Transactions
JAKARTA - Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi assessed that the United States (US) Government led by President Donald Trump carried out nuclear negotiations like a property transaction.
"When complex nuclear negotiations are treated like a real estate transaction, and when big lies obscure reality, unrealistic expectations will never be fulfilled," Araghchi wrote on his X account, Wednesday, March 4.
Because it does not have good ethics in nuclear negotiations, he continued, the US, led by a property billionaire, acts at will.
"The result? Bombing the negotiating table out of revenge," Araghchi said.
According to Araghchi, the diplomacy played by the Trump administration in resolving problems in the Middle East, especially related to nuclear negotiations, has betrayed the US public. Trump during the 2024 US presidential campaign spread the "America First" promise which emphasizes avoiding foreign conflicts if elected for a second term as president.
"Mr. Trump betrayed diplomacy and the American people who elected him," Araghchi said.
The US-Israel attacked Iran in the middle of the fourth round of nuclear negotiations. Oman, through its Foreign Minister, Sayyid Badr Al-Busaidi, is known to have been a mediator in the negotiations.
Al-Busaidi has been the negotiator of the Iran-US nuclear talks in Geneva since the first round to the fourth round which is planned to be held in Vienna in early March 2026 but was canceled because the US-Israel suddenly launched an attack on Iran on Saturday, February 28.
"I am very disappointed. Active and serious negotiations have once again been undermined. Neither the interests of the US nor the goal of global peace are well served by this. And I pray for the innocent people who will suffer. I urge the US not to get further involved. This is not your war," Al-Busaidi said via his X account, @badralbusaidi.
Iran then retaliated by attacking US assets in the Middle East and Israel on Sunday, March 1.
Iran's retaliatory attacks targeted US assets in Dubai, UAE; the capital of Bahrain, Manama; and the capital of Qatar, Doha.