TEHRAN – Iranian foreign minister accused the U.S. for seeking a regimechange in his country, lowering expectations for direct talks betweenWashington and Tehran.
Speaking at a panel session at the Munich Security Conference, Javad Zarifsaid the possibility of direct negotiations between the U.S. and Iran woulddepend on President Donald Trump.
“Unfortunately the suggestions by Macron, and by Abe, and others…all havefallen on deaf ears,” he said, referring to diplomatic efforts by FrenchPresident and Japanese Prime Minister last year, who sought to resolvetension between the U.S and Iran through negotiations.
Zarif said “President Trump has been convinced that we are about tocollapse. So he doesn’t want to talk to a collapsing regime. I think he iswrong,” .
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Zarif demanded that the U.S. acknowledges the Iranian state, and its rolein the region.
