Iran’s foreign minister has defended Iranian strikes against US military bases in the region, citing evidence from a US Central Command video showing American rocket systems operating from neighboring countries.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has left Tehran for Geneva ahead of a third round of talks with the US on a replacement for the 2015 nuclear deal to remove anti-Iran sanctions.

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared that Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear energy is "inherent and non-negotiable."

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi of Iran says the international community shoulders the responsibility to confront the Israeli regime’s continued gross violations of humanitarian law in West Asia.

Baghaei says the US “shifting positions and contradictory statements” show a lack of seriousness in talks.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in the Swiss city of Geneva ahead of the second round of indirect negotiations with the United States.