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But yesterday, we were all talking about how to stop Israeli aggression. Well, of course, the door for diplomacy should always be kept open, but this is not the case right now. My country has been under attack, under aggression, and we have to respond based on our legend of self-defense, and we will do that as long as needed. Unnecessarily, we like to take questions from. Thank you very much, Minister. So you say that you need to respond right now, but we know that Iranians are known for their talents in negotiations, in diplomacy, and trade. What would be the conditions after responding for Iran to come back to a negotiation table, maybe with the US as well? And Turkey has been offering that it can mediate for its trial between Turkey, US, and Iran. What would be your response to that? Because right now, the US is technically involved in this conflict. Thank you. Well, I think it is irrelevant to ask you to return to diplomacy because we were in the middle of diplomacy. We were in the middle of talks with the United States when Israel blew it up. And again, we were in the middle of talks and negotiations with Europeans. It happened only two days ago in Geneva when this time, Americans decided to blow it up. So we were in diplomacy, but we were attacked militarily. So it was not Iran, but the US who betrayed diplomacy. They betrayed negotiations when, in the middle of negotiations with us, they gave the green light to Israel, if not instructed them, to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. I think they have proved that they are not men of diplomacy, and they only understand the language of threat and force. And this is very unfortunate. The United States shows that they have no respect for the United Nations Charter. They have no respect for international law. They have no respect for any international law regarding, you know, managing the board and facing challenges of the board. There is no red line that they have not crossed. And the last one, and the most dangerous one, happened only last night when they crossed a very big red line by attacking nuclear facilities. I don't know how much room is left for diplomacy. We are now calculating the damages, and as I said, the damages are not only for our nuclear facilities. The damages are for the United Nations Charter. It was not only Iran's facilities which were bombed. It was also the United Nations Charter. It was also the non-proliferation regime and NPT which was bombed last night by Americans. And it was the rule of law and international law. So now we have to see how much room is left for diplomacy, and we will decide. I would like to hand over to TRT World. Mr. Minister, the US President Donald Trump warned that Iran must now make peace, otherwise future attacks, he says, will be greater. Much greater. How is Tehran responding to Washington's threat? Thank you. I think it is not up to Iran to respond to that. The whole international community should respond to such a clear threat against the United Nations Charter. Iran has done nothing wrong. We do not understand why Iran should be attacked for a false accusation that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons. It is now more than 20 years that we are trying to prove that our peaceful, peaceful nuclear program is, in fact, peaceful and would remain peaceful. We negotiated for a long time with the so-called P5+1, and we came to a deal which the whole world celebrated as an achievement of diplomacy. And then it was the US who drew from that deal and reimposed their sanctions and restarted their threats. Again, we were negotiating with the same administration. Then, all of a sudden, they decided to attack us, first by Israel, then by themselves. And now they are threatening us for more attacks. So it is not up to Iran, but up to the international community to condemn this, to prevent this. Otherwise, there will be nothing left for international law, for security at the world level. The Security Council should play its role, should play its responsibility to prevent, to condemn, and prevent these kinds of threats. We will certainly defend our interests. We will defend our territorial integrity, our sovereignty, and our people. And I am so glad all people are now fully understanding what injustice they are doing against Iranian people. They are united and in the government and stand against any aggression. Next, see. No one seems to me the German Chancellor. Well, should I say? You said everything that Iran is under attack by a nuclear-armed superpower and a nuclear-armed regime, and Iran is a non-nuclear-armed country. That should be condemned. If not, the whole non-proliferation regime would be undermined and defeated. Iran is a committed member of NPT, but NPT is not able to protect us. So why should countries like Iran or other countries that are interested in having peaceful nuclear energy rely on NPT for their peaceful activities? It is very unfortunate that Israel is doing as the German Chancellor called, a death job. And by the way, they supported that death job. It's a shame. They know that Israel is doing a death job, and they support it, and they give it every right to do it, and they call it defending itself. It's very, it's really a shame. Well, I think I am not in a position to reveal what we are going to do in response to what Americans did last night. I just talk about the fact that NPT failed to protect Iran from its peaceful program, and this is a serious challenge. Next, we would like to take a question from IRIB. IRIB, if I can get a question from IRIB. You must. China's expectation with the Russian Federation. Well, there was a problem with the translation, or I think the device doesn't work properly. I understood the last part of your question. Well, I am going to Moscow this afternoon, and I have a meeting with President Putin tomorrow morning. Russia is a friend of Iran, and we enjoy a strategic partnership, and we always consult with each other and coordinate our positions. Russia has been part and a participant of JCPOA. So they have always been a party to negotiations. And even in the past two or three months, we were negotiating with the United States. We always briefed our Russian friends about the latest, about any progress or lack of progress in our talks. Well, I will have serious consultations with the Russian President tomorrow, and we will continue to work with each other. Russia is also a permanent member of the Security Council, and we know that they are trying, together with China, to introduce a resolution to the Security Council for the cessation of facilities. Obviously, now the situation has been changed, and I will have discussions with them on how it should proceed. The final question from IRIB. Can you hand over the microphone to the gentleman right there? Thank you. Mr. Minister, during meetings, you use useful, important meetings with the Foreign Ministers of our region, and we discuss about different initiatives and ideas existed for peaceful settlement of this question. But as all of you know, we suddenly faced with the aggression by American forces to our nuclear facilities. The Islamic Republic of Iran condemns in the strongest terms the United States' brutal military aggression against Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities. It is an outrageous, grave, and unprecedented violation of the fundamental principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law. The warmongering and lawless administration in Washington is solely and fully responsible for the dangerous consequences and far-reaching implications of its act of aggression. The US military attack on the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of a UN member state, carried out with the genocidal Israeli regime, carried out in conjunction with the genocidal Israeli regime, has once again revealed the extent of the United States' hostility towards the peace-seeking people of Iran, who will never compromise over their independence and sovereignty. The Islamic Republic of Iran continues to defend Iran's territory, sovereignty, security, and people by all means necessary against not just US military aggression, but also the reckless and unlawful actions of the Israeli regime. While President Trump was elected on a platform of putting an end to America's costly involvement in forever wars in our part of the world, he has betrayed not only Iran by abusing our commitment to diplomacy but also deceived his own voters by submitting to the wishes of a third-rate war criminal who has grown accustomed to exploiting the life and wealth of American citizens to further the Israeli regime's objectives. The US act of aggression against Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities constitutes not only a flagrant breach of the UN Charter, especially the prohibition of the use of force under Article 2, paragraph 4, and the obligation to respect the state's territorial integrity and sovereignty, but also a violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2231. It cannot be emphasized enough how much of a devastating blow that the US, a permanent member of the Security Council, has dealt to the global non-proliferation regime. The Islamic Republic of Iran reminds the United Nations, the Security Council, the UN Secretary-General, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and other relevant international bodies of their duty and responsibility to take urgent and decisive action in response to this breach of international law. Silence in the face of such blatant aggression will put the world in an unprecedented level of danger and chaos. Humanity has come too far as a species to allow a lawless bully to take us back to the law of the jungle. The Islamic Republic of Iran calls on the Security Council to convene an emergency session to unequivocally condemn the criminal act of aggression by the United States against Iran and to hold the administration in Washington accountable for its violations of fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter and of norms of international law. The responsibility of the IAEA and its Director General, who through evidence provided by us in favor of warming parties paved the way for the current violence and blood, is now clearer than ever. We call on the IAEA Board of Governors to immediately convene and carry out its legal responsibility in response to the dangerous US attack on Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities, all of which have been under the agency's full safeguards and monitoring. The world must not forget that it was the United States which, in the midst of a process to forge a diplomatic outcome, traded diplomacy, supporting the genocidal Israeli regime's launch of an illegal war of aggression on the Iranian nation. Not content with such main actions, the United States itself has now also opted for a dangerous military operation and aggression against the people of Iran. In doing so, the US administration holds sole and full responsibility for the consequences of its actions, including the Islamic Republic of Iran's right to self-defense under the principles of the United Nations Charter. In accordance with the UN Charter and its provisions, along with its legitimate response in self-defense, Iran reserves all options to defend its security interests and people. Thank you very much. We will be taking questions. We would like to start with the Associated Press. Response in self-defense, Iran reserves all options to defend its security interests and people. Thank you very much. We will be taking questions. We would like to start with the Associated Press. Negotiations, discussions, still open. Can you hear me now? Aditya, translation. [Clears throat] Please speak. Can you hear me, sir? Sir, can you hear me? English channel. Negotiations, discussions. Like Saudi Arabia, such activities. How do you see the process? Thank you. Well, I have been in touch. Of course, I still do not have exact information about the level of damages, but I don't think it matters. How much damage has been made? Attacking nuclear facilities by itself is an unforgivable violation of international law and should be condemned. Yesterday, as I said, I had discussions and talks with a number of Foreign Ministers of the region. Almost all of them are very much concerned and interested to play a role to end this aggression by Israel. Of course, they were worried about a possible attack by the United States. But yesterday, we were all talking about how to stop the Israeli aggression. Well, of course, the door for diplomacy should always be kept open, but this is not the case right now. My country has been under attack, under aggression, and we have to respond based on our legend of self-defense, and we will do that as long as needed. We like to take questions. Thank you very much, Minister. So you say that you need to respond right now, but we know that Iranians are known for their talents in negotiations, in diplomacy, and trade. What would be the conditions after responding for Iran to come back to a negotiation table, maybe with the US as well? And Turkey has been offering that it can mediate for its letter between Turkey, US, and Iran. What would be your response to that? Because right now, the US is technically involved in this. Thank you. I think to ask to return to diplomacy because we were in the middle of diplomacy. We were in the middle of talks with the United States when Israel blew it up. And again, we were in the middle of talks and negotiations with Europeans. It happened only two days ago in Geneva when this time, Americans decided to blow it up. So we were in diplomacy, but we were attacked militarily. So it was not Iran, but the US who betrayed diplomacy. They betrayed negotiations when, in the middle of negotiations with us, they gave the green light to Israel, if not instructed them, to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. I think they have proved that they are not men of diplomacy, and they only understand the language of threat and force. And this is very unfortunate. The United States shows that they have no respect for the United Nations Charter. They have no respect for international law. They have no respect for any international law regarding, you know, managing the board and facing challenges of the board. There is no red line that they have not crossed. And the last one, and the most dangerous one, was happened only last night when they crossed a very big red line by attacking nuclear facilities. I don't know how much room is left for diplomacy. We are now calculating the damages, and as I said, the damages are not only for our nuclear facilities. The damages are for the United Nations Charter. It was not only Iran's facilities which were bombed. It was also the United Nations Charter. It was also the non-proliferation regime and NPT which was bombed last night by Americans. And it was the rule of law and international law which was bombed. So now we have to see how much room is left for diplomacy, and we will decide. I would like to hand over to TRT World. Mr. Minister, sir, the US President Donald Trump warned that Iran must now make peace, otherwise future attacks, he says, will be greater. Much greater. How is Tehran responding to Washington's threat? Thank you. I think it is not up to Iran to respond to that. The whole international community should respond to such a clear threat against the United Nations Charter. Iran has done nothing wrong. We do not understand why Iran should be attacked for a false accusation that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons. It is now more than 20 years that we are trying to prove that our peaceful, peaceful nuclear program is in fact peaceful and would remain peaceful. We negotiated for a long time with the so-called P5+1, and we came to a deal which the whole world celebrated as an achievement of diplomacy. And then it was the US who drew from that deal and reimposed their sanctions and restarted their threats. Again, we were negotiating with the same administration. Then, all of a sudden, they decided to attack us, first by Israel, then by themselves. And now they are threatening us for more attacks. So it is not up to Iran, but up to the international community to condemn this, to prevent this. Otherwise, there will be nothing left for international law, for security at the world level. The Security Council should play its role, should play its responsibility to prevent, to condemn, and prevent these kinds of threats. We will certainly defend our interests. We will defend our territorial integrity, our sovereignty, and our people. And I am so glad all people are now fully understanding what injustice they are doing against Iranian people. They are united and in the government and stand against any aggression. Next, see. Minister, how is it? West on is no one. See mention. Sir, nuclear weapon. The German Chancellor. Thank you. Well, should I say? You said everything. Thank you. Well, should I, should I say? You said everything that that Iran is under attack by a nuclear-armed superpower, a nuclear-armed superpower, and a nuclear-armed regime, and Iran is a non-nuclear-armed, a non-nuclear-armed country. That should be certainly condemned. If not, the whole non-proliferation regime would be undermined and defeated. Iran is a committed member of NPT, but NPT is not able to protect us. But NPT is not able to protect us. So why should countries like Iran or other countries who are interested in having peaceful nuclear energy, peaceful nuclear energy, rely on NPT for their peaceful activities? It is very unfortunate that Israel is doing as the German, the German Chancellor called, a death job. And by the way, they supported that death job. And by the way, they supported that job. Job. It's a shame. Israel is doing a death job, and they support it, and they give it every right to do it, and they call it defending, they call it defending itself. It's very, it's really a shame. Well, I think I think I am not in a position to reveal what we are going to do in response to what Americans did last night. I just talk about the fact that NPT failed to protect Iran from its peaceful nuclear program, and this is a serious challenge. Next, we would like to take a question from IRIB. IRIB, IRIB, IRIB.