In an interview with Russia’s state-run Vesti news agency, Alexey Dedov asked the question, “What do Iranians consider to be the main problem in their relations with the United States?” and answered this question: “Complete lack of trust.”
According to IRNA, he stated: “Iranians have enough reasons to deeply mistrust America; Therefore, as a first step, the United States and Israel must take steps to restore this trust.”
The ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Islamic Republic of Iran noted: “We believe that this conflict should be resolved only through political and diplomatic means; If there is goodwill from all parties, achieving this goal is possible.”
At the same time, he pointed out that the aggressions of the US and the Israeli regime on Iran in June and March 1404 were carried out simultaneously and in the middle of the negotiations, and he noted: If we look at the records, unfortunately there is no room for optimism, as a 12-day war broke out in the middle of the negotiations between Iran and the US. Also, during the talks between Iran and America, a 40-day war started.
Dedov continued: That military conflict stopped in early April (April 1405) and the parties began to draft a document that could be the basis for a long-term agreement. In fact, such a document was drafted: “Memorandum of Understanding of Islamabad.”
He pointed out: According to this document, the parties committed to implement certain agreements, but some of its key provisions were never implemented, especially the provisions related to the cessation of conflicts on all front lines, including in Lebanon.
The Russian ambassador in Tehran stated: Israel did not stop its aggression and military operations against Lebanon. Even though this memorandum of understanding was signed by Trump personally. Then, about three weeks later, in July of this year, the Americans attacked Iran again. Subsequently, Trump announced that he no longer considers Islamabad’s memorandum of understanding valid.
He continued: Nevertheless, the Russian side still believes that there is an opportunity for a peaceful settlement of the conflict related to Iran.
In another part of this conversation, Dedov stated: The resolution of the situation around Iran includes a wide range of issues, including those related to the country’s nuclear program.
He clarified: “One of these cases is the fate of high-enriched uranium; There are about 400 kg of this substance here. The Russian side has proposed to transfer this enriched uranium to Russia. This offer is still valid. “I believe that if the parties accept it, it can play a constructive role in the overall process of resolving issues.”
The Russian ambassador in Iran, in response to a question about predicting the outlook of the future situation, also preferred not to provide a prediction.
At the same time, Dedov said: “Different situations could happen: this confrontation could end soon, or it could follow a path similar to the July scenario, where tensions led to a two-week exchange of attacks.”
He added: “No one can guarantee that if this confrontation continues, it will not become a prelude to the expansion of the conflict to a much wider geographical area.”
This Russian diplomat stated: Beyond the implementation of confidence-building measures, the United States and Israel should completely abandon their main strategy – that is, to solve the Iran problem by resorting to force and trying to change the regime in Iran.
He pointed out: the history of past conflicts has shown that such efforts always fail against the will of the Iranian people; People who gather around their leadership in such times and stand as a united front against the aggressors.
