Iran Is Ready To Both Negotiate Or Fight: Iranian Foreign Min Araghchi | N18G

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, speaking at a memorial ceremony in Tehran, made Iran's position clear. The foreign ministry, he said, was ready to negotiate, but equally ready to fight.

[00:00:12]Diplomatic efforts, he stressed, would be pursued in complete coordination with Iran's military commanders.

[00:00:42]In Washington, US President Donald Trump said negotiations with Iran were now in their final stages. But the warning that accompanied that statement left little room for ambiguity.

[00:00:53]>> A very uh right on the borderline, believe me.

[00:00:57]If we don't get the right answers, it goes very quickly. We're all ready to go.

[00:01:01]Uh we have to get the right answers. It would have to be a complete 100% good answers. And if we do, we save a lot of time, energy, and lives, most importantly.

[00:01:14]Could go very quickly.

[00:01:16]Or a few days. It could be a few days.

[00:01:18]But it could go very quickly.

[00:01:21]Iran is a defeated nation.

[00:01:24]We're dealing with some people. And we're dealing, actually, I must tell you, we're dealing with some very good people. We're dealing with people that are, I think, far more reasonable than the people that are really no longer with us.

[00:01:35]We're dealing with some people with talent, with uh good brain power.

[00:01:41]And we're pretty impressed by it. So, hopefully, those people will make a deal that's going to be great for everybody.

[00:01:46]Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly held a tense phone call on Tuesday, according to Axios. Trump told Netanyahu that mediators were drafting a letter of intent, a document both the US and Iran would sign to launch a new 30-day round of negotiations covering Iran's nuclear program and the opening of the Strait of Hormuz. The Israeli PM, however, is reportedly deeply skeptical and wants to resume the war with the aim of further weakening Iran's military capabilities and destroying key infrastructure. A US security official confirmed that American and Israeli forces have now completed joint preparations for a possible resumption of military operations against Iran.

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