Iranian Ambassador Ali Bahreini declared that the country is willing to negotiate ‘if there is the intention of a genuine negotiation, which respects the interests of all parties’
Iran said on Monday (26) “it is ready” to negotiate with the United States if the country wants to start a “genuine” dialogue, but at the same time, it warned that if it suffers aggression, it will respond.
“Iran is not seeking confrontation, but if someone or a country tries to attack Iran, then we will respond. Aggression is our red line,” Iran’s ambassador said on Monday. at the European headquarters of HIM in Geneva, Ali Bahraini.
“If there is the intention of genuine negotiation, of respecting the interests of all parties, we are ready to negotiate. But if one party considers negotiation as a means to impose its vision on the other party, this cannot be considered negotiation”, said the diplomat in a meeting with a small group of international press vehicles.
To support his warning, the diplomat recalled that, when his country was attacked in 2025, Iran counterattacked: “We did not attack them, we defended ourselves. We were very serious in giving a strong response.”
“We must be prepared for any scenario, including aggression; we cannot deny that it is a possibility. The United States is unpredictable and showed that they don’t care about any rules. The only way to stop aggression is to be powerful”, he highlighted.
He added that what Iran can expect from negotiations is that its right to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes be recognized. “If there is no such recognition, it would not be a good start to negotiations”, he added.
According to Bahreini, “messages between Iran and the United States” are constant, whether directly or through mediators.
“This cannot be considered negotiation, but exchanges exist”, he reinforced.
On the other hand, the Iranian ambassador stated that internet access will be fully restored in a few days in Iran, after a total interruption of telecommunications in Iran.
“This (internet) restriction was never intended to be permanent or prolonged, so the restrictions are being lifted gradually and the internet will be fully restored very soon, within a few days,” he said.
“To control the situation and stop the violence, the government had to impose some limitations on the internet because terrorist groups were receiving instructions from abroad and were using internet platforms to organize their activities. And it was very effective, because after these restrictions the violence stopped,” he added.
When asked what evidence he could present of this, he responded by saying that it was enough to remember the incitements of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to the protesters, encouraging them to continue their protests and promising them that help was on the way.
Furthermore, he denied that Iran was making changes to the configuration of internet services to permanently limit them.
“There will be no settings to define access or limit it. I don’t believe it is technically possible”, he declared, before commenting that the internet is fundamental to the progress of the country’s economy.
Internet access has been reestablished with severe limitations in some areas of the country for traders, who can now connect for 20 minutes a day and under surveillance.
*With EFE
