The US must "rule out" any strikes against Iran in order to hold further nuclear negotiations with the Islamic Republic, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, the regime's deputy foreign minister, said in a BBC interview published early Monday morning.
Ravanchi told the UK news source that the US "has not made their position clear" regarding nuclear talks, as the Trump administration informed the Islamic Republic through mediators that they wish to resume negotiations.
The United States must be "quite clear on this very important question. What are they going to offer us in order to make the necessary confidence required for such a dialogue?" the minister said.
Ravanchi added that his country will "insist" on being able to enrich uranium, claiming that they are doing so for "peaceful purposes."
He added that the Islamic Republic "had to rely on ourselves" due to being "denied access to nuclear material."
"The level of that can be discussed, the capacity can be discussed, but to say that you should not have enrichment, you should have zero enrichment," BBC quoted him as saying. "And if you do not agree, we will bomb you - that is the law of the jungle."
Iran and US previously scheduled sixth round of talks
Before the beginning of Israel's Operation Rising Lion against the Islamic Republic, the regime and the US were due to have a sixth round of nuclear talks in Muscat, Oman, that was scheduled two days after the beginning of the IDF's operation.
Ravanchi was then asked by the UK source if Iran would ever rethink its nuclear program, to which he said, "Why should we agree to such a proposal?"