Iran open to dialogue with Trump admin: Pezeshkian

According to The Iran Project, The Iranian president had an interview with NBC News in Tehran.

Pezeshkian said Iran in principle is open to dialogue with the second Trump administration. But he said that the United States has not lived up to its commitments in the past and that it has sought to topple the Iranian government.

“The problem we have is not in dialogue," Pezeshkian said. "It’s in the commitments that arise from talk and dialogue that we’ll have to commit to.”

When Iran held talks with major powers about its nuclear program, “we upheld all the commitments that we had to commit to,” he said. “But unfortunately it was the other party that did not live up to its promises and obligations.”

“We have this doubt that, no matter how much we engage in conversation and dialogue, they are trying to topple the government, not solve the problems,” Pezeshkian added.

The president also stressed Tehran’s efforts to ensure peace in the region.

Asked whether Iran had a role to play in brokering a possible ceasefire deal in Gaza, Pezeshkian said, “We do whatever we can in order for peace to prevail in the region.”

On the recent regional developments and the notion that the resistance axis has suffered damages, the Iranian president said Iran’s position had not been weakened.

“I do not see any link,” he said. He added that, “comparing to last year inside the country, we’re more coherent. We’re more robust. We have better participation. We have a more solid security in the country.”

President Pezeshkian stated that Iran is not seeking war but would be ready to defend itself if its nuclear sites came under attack.

“You see, naturally enough, we will react to any action. We do not fear war, but we do not seek it,” he said, adding, “I solemnly hope that this will not transpire because it will be to the detriment of all the actors, not only and merely us.”

Pezeshkian said Iran’s adversaries were accusing Tehran of trying to build a nuclear bomb “to fabricate some sort of a pretext.”

But he added, “This is not true.”

He also dismissed the media stories that Iran has been involved in a plot to assassinate Donald Trump during last year’s US election campaign.

Asked about the reported plot against Trump outlined by US authorities, Pezeshkian said, “This is another one of those schemes that Israel and other countries are designing to promote Iranophobia. ... Iran has never attempted to nor does it plan to assassinate anyone. At least as far as I know.”

Asked whether Iran is willing to promise that there will be no attempt on Trump’s life, Pezeshkian said, “We have never attempted this to begin with, and we never will.”

Reporter : Editorial of The Iran Project