TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reiterated that Iran is after talks with the West based on mutual respect.

�We want to hold talks with the West based on mutual respect. We do not want to have enmity with the West,� Zarif said in an interview with PBS News.

Asked about Iranian Supreme Leader�s lack of confidence in the US, he said that it is not only the Supreme Leader who has such a view, but Iranians mainly lack confidence in the US.

�Iranians are mainly skeptical about the US motives. It is not good, but it is a reality.�

"The point is that Iranian nation has a very strong historical memory. They remember that the US collapsed a government in Iran (before the Islamic Revolution) and supported a repressive regime (Shah regime).

Zarif also said that the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei has recently said that if the ongoing talks (with the G5+1) go well, grounds can be provided for negotiations in other fields.

�It means that whether the US is ready to deal with the Iranian nation based on mutual respect.�

By ISNA