{"id":27251,"date":"2026-04-24T03:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/iran-ready-for-both-talks-and-war-envoy\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:02:13","slug":"iran-ready-for-both-talks-and-war-envoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/iran-ready-for-both-talks-and-war-envoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran ready for both talks and war \u2013 envoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Tehran has never betrayed negotiations, unlike Washington, Ambassador Kazem Jalali has told RT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"33\" data-end=\"94\">Iran is not seeking war, but it is ready to keep fighting, Tehran\u2019s ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, has told RT in an exclusive interview, arguing that the Islamic Republic has never been the side to abandon diplomacy despite repeated stabs in the back.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"838\" data-end=\"1021\"><em>\u201cThe general policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran is that if the other side is willing to negotiate, we will negotiate. If they want war, we will fight,\u201d<\/em> Jalali told RT on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1023\" data-end=\"1184\">The ambassador stressed that Tehran has never <em>\u201cbetrayed\u201d<\/em> or left the negotiating table, which is exactly what Washington did in February and earlier under US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1186\" data-end=\"1339\"><em>\u201cIn the record of the US President, there was the tearing up of the JCPOA, and there have been two attacks against us while talks were ongoing,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/mf.b37mrtl.ru\/files\/2026.04\/69eacdd185f54050514325f8.mp4\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1341\" data-end=\"1646\"><em>\u201cIf they want to continue this trend, it is natural that the Islamic Republic of Iran will fight. But if they intend to negotiate, we are ready for systematic negotiations with strong guarantees to establish lasting peace and to preserve and protect Iran\u2019s rights and compensate for our losses,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <imgsrc=\"\" alt=\"RT\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/638990-trump-nuclear-weapons-iran\/\">Trump pressed on nuclear strike against Iran (VIDEO)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1648\" data-end=\"1897\">Earlier this week, Trump announced that he was extending the ceasefire with Iran indefinitely while waiting for what he called a <em>\u201cunified response\u201d<\/em> to his deal from Tehran, portraying the leadership of the Islamic Republic as fractured and badly weakened.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1899\" data-end=\"2295\">Tehran has pushed back hard on that narrative. In a coordinated show of unity on Thursday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf published near-identical statements declaring that there are no <em>\u201chardliners\u201d<\/em> or <em>\u201cmoderates\u201d<\/em> in Iran, only <em>\u201cIranians and revolutionaries.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0They vowed that the country\u2019s <em>\u201cironclad unity\u201d<\/em> would make the aggressor regret its actions.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <imgsrc=\"\" alt=\"Strait of Hormuz.\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/business\/638971-middle-east-war-consumers\/\">Middle East war fallout hits consumers worldwide<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2297\" data-end=\"2525\">Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi struck the same note, saying the country&#8217;s state institutions continue to act with <em>\u201cunity, purpose, and discipline,\u201d<\/em> and that <em>\u201cthe battlefield and diplomacy are fully coordinated fronts in the same war.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2527\" data-end=\"2879\">The standoff continues around the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has tightened its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/638962-iran-us-hurmuz-ship-seizures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">grip<\/a> on global shipping and the US has imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports, intercepting or turning away at least 30 vessels.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2527\" data-end=\"2879\">Trump further raised the stakes on Thursday by saying he had ordered the US Navy to <em>\u201cshoot and kill\u201d<\/em> any Iranian boats allegedly laying mines in the waterway. 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