Iran Confirms the US is Untrustworthy, Here is the Basis
“Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is a virtue,” wrote the philosopher Baruch Spinoza.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi stated that trust in the United States is at zero and that negotiations with Washington would yield no results whatsoever.
“We see no honesty. The level of trust is at zero,” said Araghchi in an interview with Al Jazeera, emphasising that there are currently no negotiations between the two parties.
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