Israel vsran | If the US adds to the conflict, it will cause “hell throughout the region”: Irani Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs speaks with the BBC

But Iran denies having attacked the hospital and states that the attack was aimed at a military location close to the facilities.

After in the first wave of Israel attacks, the Natanz Uranium enrichment plant was damaged and kill the main Iranian nuclear scientists, Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that his country acted because “if a brake is not put, Iran could produce a nuclear weapon in a very short time.”

This is an extract of the interview with the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Saeed Khatibzadeh.

It has been reported that President Trump approved a military plan and that he has not yet decided if he will join the war. What do they expect in Tehran?

We are under attack. There has been an act of aggression. We were in full diplomacy, remember that we were together in Oslo (Norway) when the sixth round of nuclear negotiations in Muscat (Oman) was planned, and we were about to reach an agreement.

Suddenly, the Israelis decided to initiate an act of aggression against Iran and move on to the offensive to sabotage the entire process. The messages we receive from the Americans, secret messages, indicate that (they) are not involved and will not be involved.

But the public messages we receive through the tweets and interviews of President Trump clearly indicate that Americans have been present, have participated and supported (the attacks).

You mention the secret messages. President Trump says that Iranians are telling him that they want to go to the White House, that they want to negotiate, but what else have they told him? Have you told you that there is an exit to a war that intensifies?

What is happening right now is an act of aggression.

Let's look towards the exit of the conflict. Seven days have passed during which countries have been attacking each other.

No, no, we are not attacking each other. We are defending ourselves.

But you are also attacking Israel. Today they attacked a hospital, a civil hospital, while aiming at a military objective.

Is there any way to finish this war?

Lyse, this genocidal regime began the war against Iran. They attacked us. They attacked our hospitals. They killed our high commanders.

We are acting in legitimate defense under article 51 of the UN Charter and we will continue with this self -defense until the aggressor learns the lesson that he cannot simply attack another country, another sovereign country.

Khatibzadeh, what would happen if President Trump decided to involve the United States in the war? Iran has said that all options are on the table. What do you mean with that?

We believe that this war is not an American war, but if they want to get involved, President Trump will be remembered forever by a war that was not his, but dragged (the country) to her.

This will be a Ciénaga, a hell for the entire region.

Isn't it a great risk to Iran? Iran is not rival for the greatest military power in the world, and the Iranian people are already suffering greatly.

There is a national unit, and what we are seeing right now is precisely this national unit that is taking place inside and outside Iran.

This is not who has superiority in hard power. This is a matter of resistance. We are going to resist, of course diplomacy has always been an option.

And President Trump knows better than anyone we were about to reach an agreement.

And one of the debates right now is that (Benjamin) Netanyahu, knowing that we were about to reach an agreement, tried to sabotage it.

I don't want to judge now, but President Trump knows it better than anyone.

President Trump says there was an agreement that you could have accepted, and they didn't. Is there any agreement that you would accept to avoid war?

There was nothing on the table. We exchanged some messages and we were negotiating some parts. I am not here to go into details. I can inform you when they have time to enter all the details.

But even President Trump knows that Steve Witkoff.

And he also knows that, when they are not on the air, one can talk to them and it can be understood that this genocidal regime of apartheid Israel has sabotaged diplomacy for many years.

Today, just today, the director of the OIEA said they had no evidence that Iran has converted or tried to develop our nuclear bomb.

The OIEA says that you are enriching Uranium at 60%, which is not necessary for a civil nuclear program, and many wonder why they are enriching uranium at such a high level. They emphasize that you intend to reach 90% and develop a nuclear bomb.

A war cannot be initiated based on speculation or intentions.

But there is a concern.

That is nonsense. Look, Israel has attacked, being a non -member country of the TNP (Nuclear Non -Proliferation Treaty) and nuclear eye holders.

Iran has no nuclear eyes. Iran is a member of the TNP.

The supervision of the OIEA is being carried out right now within Iran, and they attack our army in addition to our nuclear facilities. This is a very, very, very bad decision.

This is a bad action by the Israelis, and the OIEA and other international organizations did not condemn it.

It is a very dangerous action, because from now on everyone can attack others that are under the supervision of the OIEA, that is, peaceful nuclear facilities.

What is happening is a very dangerous action by the Israelis, and unfortunately, Europeans and American do not understand that this dangerous action can easily cause a new Ciénaga in our region.

Do you think that Friday's meeting in Geneva (of European Foreign Ministry with its Iranian counterpart) can help disparage the conflict?

We have always been available for diplomacy and we hope this line will continue, but that is different from the legitimate defense, which is what is happening right now.

My country is being attacked and the aggressor should learn the lesson.

They are killing my people and we are going to resist, and this is a very sacred resistance that is being given now against the atrocities and aggression that are being committed against my people.

So what tells the people of Israel that now runs to the anti -aircraft shelters, who listens to the Iranian supreme leader to say “death to Israel”, who wants to destroy Israel? Is that Iran's ambition, really want to destroy Israel?

Those are his words, Lyse, not those of our leader. Look what my leader said. He said that we were not on the edge of any military attack, or any drastic action against anyone.

Everyone knows that this war was not caused, that it is unnecessary. They attacked my people, attacked our high commanders. They killed 63 children from Iranian the first night.

Civilians are dying on both sides.

No, who are those who started this war? Who has a nuclear eye? Israel is not a member of the Nuclear Non -Proliferation Treaty. Israel has hundreds of nuclear eyelets. Israel began this aggression, those are the facts.

Could you give any guarantee to the Iranians who are fleeing to save their lives, who want this war to end? They will hear him say they just want to continue with more war.

The moment they stop these atrocities, at the time the aggressor accepts their responsibility to end the impunity of the Israelis, I think it will be the time when the entire region can advance.

So, could you confirm that Iran has no intention of developing a nuclear bomb? Because that is the big question that is being asked throughout the world.

If we wanted to have a nuclear bomb, we would have had it before, and we will repeat that Iran has never developed any program to convert our peaceful activities into nuclear weapons, and will never do it.

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