Iran’s Baqaei: German Chancellor’s Support for Genocidal Zionist Regime Disgraceful
Baqaei wrote on the social media platform X early Friday morning:
“German Chancellor Friedrich Merz insists on placing himself even more firmly on the wrong side of history by supporting an aggressive and genocidal regime.”
He added: “It is truly disgraceful for a statesman to overlook an act of aggression and blatant violation of international law — let alone attempt to justify such a crime.”
Baqaei continued: “When the leader of a country with the legacy of Berlin 1945 abandons the slogan ‘Never again war’ (Nie wieder Krieg) and instead supports acts of aggression, war crimes, and genocide, it means he has not only distanced himself from the conscience of history but has also insulted the collective conscience of the German people.”
The Foreign Ministry spokesperson emphasized
Iran will never forget who supplied Saddam Hussein’s regime with chemical weapons during the imposed war against Iran in the 1980s — and it will not forgive those who today support the aggressor side.
Source: Ifp Media Wire
Iran rejects plan for US talks
In comments at a televised interview on Thursday night, Araqchi condemned the US’ complicity in the Israeli regime’s war of aggression against Iran.
He said while Iran was safeguarding the rights of its people in the indirect nuclear talks with the US before the Israeli aggression, the US decided to employ another method after its disappointment with negotiations.
Araqchi denounced the US’ military attacks on Iran as a betrayal of diplomacy and talks.
Refuting US President Donald Trump’s claim that nuclear talks with Iran will be held next week, the Iranian foreign minister said, “No agreement has been made on the restart of negotiations. There has not even been any talk of negotiations. The subject of negotiations is out of question at present.”
Araqchi explained that Iran remains committed to diplomacy, but the decision whether or not to resume negotiations with the US needs to be assessed.
Asked about Iran’s nuclear enrichment program after the American and Israeli strikes on the country’s nuclear facilities, the foreign minister said the damages were not minor as Iran is evaluating their extent.
“It is early to perceive that the ground is prepared for negotiations,” he noted.
While the Zionist regime waged a war of aggression against Iran on June 13 and struck Iran’s military, nuclear and residential areas for 12 days, the US stepped in and conducted military attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran’s Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan on June 22.
The Iranian military forces conducted powerful counterattacks immediately after the aggression. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force carried out 22 waves of retaliatory missile strikes against the Zionist regime as part of Operation True Promise III that inflicted heavy losses on cities across the occupied territories.
A ceasefire that came into force on June 24 has brought the fighting to a halt.
Source: Marzieh Rahmani
IAEA’s ‘alarmist’ report fueled Israeli aggression on Iran
The report “with its deliberately alarmist tone, gave Israel an additional reason to launch the operation, justifying it, among other things, by the IAEA’s allegations”, Lavrov said at a press conference in Moscow on Thursday.
The IAEA Board of Governors passed an anti-Iran resolution on June 12, a day before the regime launched its unprovoked aggression against the Islamic Republic, claiming that Iran was in breach of its nuclear obligations.
The resolution drafted “under intense pressure” from the UK, France, Germany, and later, the US, “was based on the report’s omissions or excessive hints from (IAEA) Director General (Rafael) Grossi,” Lavrov said.
“A lot of the language in this report was ambiguous, which was immediately seized upon by these four Western countries,” he added.
In his earlier remarks, Lavrov said that the European leaders exerted pressure on the IAEA to issue a negative assessment of Iran, so they “bear a share of the blame” for Israel’s aggression.
The top Russian diplomat described the move as “purely neocolonial,” saying the UK, France, Germany, and later, the US, were actively instrumentalizing the agency to publish a report aimed at passing an anti-Iran resolution.
Lavrov also warned that if the IAEA is allowed to inspect Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities, the concern is that this information could be leaked, as there are no confidentiality safeguards in place now.
For his part, Grossi has failed to condemn the US and Israeli aggression, drawing sharp criticism from Iranian officials.
Tehran has since complained against Grossi for taking sides and turning a blind eye to Israel’s aggression on Iran’s nuclear energy facilities.
Multiple IAEA resolutions state that any use of force against peaceful nuclear facilities is illegal under international law.
Source: Marzieh Rahmani