Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has expressed readiness to engage in diplomacy again, stating that Iran is prepared to give diplomacy another chance if it perceives a genuine desire for reconciliation by the United States. Araghchi emphasized that if the US opts for war over diplomacy, it would likely lead to a more significant strategic failure.
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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has expressed readiness to engage in diplomacy aga…: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has expressed readiness to engage in diplomacy again, stating that Iran is prepared to give diplomacy another chance if it perceives a genuine desire for reconciliation by the United States.
Araghchi emphasized that if the US opts for war over diplomacy, it would likely lead to a…: Araghchi emphasized that if the US opts for war over diplomacy, it would likely lead to a more significant strategic failure.
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Iran's Araghchi says Iran prepared to give diplomacy another chance
21 October 2026 21:17 BST
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that “Iran is prepared to give diplomacy another chance,” if it sees “strong evidence of a sincere desire by the US” to build trust towards a resolution to the conflict.
Sharing an op-ed he wrote in the Financial Times, Araghchi added in a post on X that “if US chooses war over diplomacy, it’ll certainly result in an even greater strategic failure”.
Iran is prepared to give diplomacy another chance if we see strong evidence of a sincere desire by US to build trust & reach a just solution. But if US chooses war over diplomacy, it'll certainly result in an even greater strategic failure. My FT op-ed: https://t.co/T4sUq4WGwt
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) October 21, 2026
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