Iran thanks Serbia for position on war with Israel

Vucic said yesterday that there is no doubt that the US violated international law in their attack on Iran and that Serbia, Israel and Iran are friendly nations and that he wants peace in the Near and Middle East, writes Beta.

I don't understand why they didn't solve it with diplomacy”, Vucic said.

Today, Mahdi Abad, in a conversation with reporters at the Iranian Embassy in Belgrade, thanked all countries that condemned the US attack on Iranian nuclear targets, including Serbia, China and Russia, but added that although Iran is grateful, it relies solely on itself and the support of its people.

He also said that all negotiations are based on mutual trust and that if talks on Iran's nuclear programme continue will depend on further US behaviour.

“We have always entered into negotiations with the US and Western countries with good intentions, but recent attacks exacerbated the atmosphere”, he said.

We were in negotiations when our side was attacked, we didn't expect”, he added.

Iran continued to enrich uranium after the US withdrew unilaterally from Iran's deal with world powers during Donald Trump's first term. It is now at 60 per cent, and 90 per cent is necessary for nuclear weapons, and Israel, although possessing such weapons, calls Tehran's actions a existential threat, broadcast Danas.

This is also the topic at the moment due to the conflict between the interrupted negotiations Tehran and Washington are developing, with Oman's mediation aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear programme.

World powers reached an agreement with Tehran in 2015, under which he agreed to limit uranium enrichment in exchange for lifting economic sanctions. Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency were tasked with monitoring the programme.

Mahdi Abad told Serbian reporters that the denial of Iran's right to enrich uranium and the right to a nuclear programme is not subject to negotiations, which he reiterated have peaceful goals and that they do not intend to produce nuclear weapons. He added that Iran has all the technology and knowledge necessary and that if it wanted, it would have produced a bomb by now.

He said Iran's supervisory body said there was no radiation following the US attacks Sunday.

The nuclear question is not a matter of installations, equipment and nuclear material, but of knowledge. As much as the facilities are damaged with Iran's knowledge, they will be rebuilt”, he added.

An Iranian official said the ceasefire agreement, which was requested by US President Donald Trump, was verbal through a mediator and that Iran respects him, but that he will respond if the other side violates him.

He dismissed speculations about popular opposition to the regime in Iran, saying the people are united against external aggression.

Previous protests, he said, aimed at reforms, not against the system and order.

He considered the announcement of Iran's former son of Shah that he is ready to take power after Ajatolah Ali Khamenei's fall as a “shaka” and “media propaganda”.

The “is a requirement of a small number of people living outside Iran”, he said.

He said the meeting between the presidents of Serbia and Iran was not officially organised, and when asked to comment on reports that Serbia had suspended the export of ammunition, he said they did not interfere with the internal affairs of other countries.

The Iranian Embassy, he added, has no information on whether and how many Serb citizens have been evacuated from that country since the last escalation. /Kosovo priss