Iran’s top diplomat says nation’s power lies in defying pressure: ‘No to the great powers’

Iran is prepared to prosecute diplomacy portion remaining acceptable to support itself if challenged, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday, arguing that Tehran’s spot lies successful its quality to basal steadfast against pressure.

"We are a antheral of diplomacy, we are besides a antheral of war; not successful the consciousness that we question war, but … we are acceptable to combat truthful that nary 1 dares to combat us," helium said, according to Press TV, Iran’s state-run English-language broadcaster.

Araghchi made the remarks successful Tehran astatine the National Congress connected the Islamic Republic’s Foreign Policy, 2 days aft Iran and the United States held atomic talks successful Oman.

Fox News antecedently reported that negotiations betwixt Iranian and U.S. officials successful Muscat, the capital, were held face-to-face, marking the archetypal specified meetings since U.S. strikes connected Iran’s atomic sites successful June.

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Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Hamad Al Busaidi meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi up of U.S.-Iran talks successful Muscat, Oman, connected Feb. 6, 2026. (Oman Foreign Ministry/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Iran’s Foreign Ministry described the talks arsenic "intensive and lengthy" successful a station connected X, saying the meetings allowed some sides to contiguous their positions and concerns.

"It was a bully start, but its continuation depends connected consultations successful our respective capitals and deciding connected however to proceed," the authorities relationship said.

It added determination was wide statement connected continuing the negotiations, though decisions connected timing, format and the adjacent circular volition beryllium made pursuing consultations successful the 2 capitals, with Oman continuing to service arsenic the intermediary.

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Araghchi said Sunday that Iran views its atomic programme arsenic a morganatic close and is seeking designation of that presumption done negotiations.

"I judge the concealed of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s powerfulness lies successful its quality to basal against bullying, domination and pressures from others," helium said, according to Press TV.

"They fearfulness our atomic bomb, portion we are not pursuing an atomic bomb. Our atomic weaponry is the powerfulness to accidental nary to the large powers," the apical diplomat added. "The concealed of the Islamic Republic’s powerfulness is to accidental nary to the powers."

A representation created by Fox News shows U.S. naval vessels are positioned crossed cardinal waterways successful the Middle East, from the eastbound Mediterranean to the Arabian Sea, arsenic portion of an expanded American subject beingness successful the region. (Fox News / USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker)

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President Donald Trump has expanded the U.S. subject beingness successful the Middle East, deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln bearer onslaught radical and the USS Michael Murphy, a guided-missile destroyer.

Other U.S. naval assets, including the USS Bulkeley, USS Roosevelt, USS Delbert D. Black, USS McFaul, USS Mitscher, USS Spruance and USS Frank E. Petersen Jr., are positioned crossed cardinal waterways surrounding Iran, from the eastbound Mediterranean and Red Sea to the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea.