Araghchi Says U.S. Sanctions and Pressure Are the Wrong Path, Denies Any Planned Rezaei-Vance Meeting

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on November 10 that reports of a planned meeting between Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and U.S. Vice President JD Vance were entirely baseless speculation, and that no such meeting is being planned.
Araghchi predicted that President Trump would soon realize he had taken the wrong path by imposing sanctions and economic pressure on Iran. He said the conflict cannot be resolved through military action or intensified sanctions, and that the only way forward is diplomacy, mutual respect, and implementation of the conditions Iran set out in its two-day proposal, conveyed through Qatari mediators, under which Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours once Washington meets Tehran's conditions.
Iran's conditions include ending hostilities on all fronts, releasing frozen Iranian assets, lifting oil export sanctions, and ending the U.S. counter-blockade of Iranian ports. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in Paris the same day that American economic pressure was working and that there was no need to resume major combat operations for now.
Source: IRNA
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