JAKARTA - Iranian Foreign Minister (Menlu) Abbas Araghchi urged the United States (US) to lower its will so that nuclear negotiations could immediately reach an agreement.
Araghchi said this when communicating by phone with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty after the third round of indirect nuclear talks between Iran and the US in Geneva yesterday.
"Success in this path requires seriousness and realism from the other side and avoiding miscalculations and excessive demands," Araghchi said on Friday, February 27, quoted by AFP.
Araghchi did not elaborate on what he meant by demands, but the US, which is tied to nuclear negotiations, frequently presses Iran's ballistic missile program and repeatedly describes Tehran's uranium enrichment capabilities as crossing a red line.
On Tuesday local time, US President Donald Trump in his state of the union speech accused Iran of trying to develop missiles that could strike the US continent.
Trump also accused Iran of trying to rebuild a nuclear program that was the target of a US strike last year.
"They have developed missiles that can threaten Europe and our bases abroad, and they are working to build missiles that will soon reach the United States," Trump claimed.
At the same time, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also accused Iran of "not enriching uranium at the moment, but they are trying to reach a point where they can finally do it."
Rubio added that Iran "refuses" to discuss its ballistic missile program and "that's a big deal."
Iran has repeatedly said its missile program is part of its defensive capabilities. Iran has also refused to abandon uranium enrichment, insisting its nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes.
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