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Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi tells Al Jazeera Tehran doesn\u2019t rule out attack, is \u2018prepared for all scenarios\u2019.<\/em>
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Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says a United States effort to open dialogue with Tehran is \u201ca positive step\u201d, but that there are currently no plans for meetings with US officials regarding the eight-month-old war.
Speaking to Al Jazeera on Saturday, Araghchi said Iran had studied a letter sent by US Vice President JD Vance<\/a> in high-level meetings, and set out Tehran\u2019s conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which he said would pave the way for renewed negotiations with Washington.
He added that an Iranian delegation has travelled to Doha, a day after Qatari mediators were in Tehran<\/a> in an apparent bid to negotiate a revival of the US-Iran ceasefire. Araghchi said one of his aides is in Qatar to continue consultations.
\u201cThe American side\u2019s attempt to open the door to dialogue and understanding more broadly is a positive step,\u201d the foreign minister told Al Jazeera.
However, he warned: \u201cIf Washington\u2019s goal in sending this letter is to stir up discord, it would be yet another mistake to add to its previous ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

Araghchi played down talk of upcoming meetings between the two sides.
\u201cWhat is being circulated in this regard is merely media speculation,\u201d he said.
\u201cWe see no need to meet with the Americans at this stage. Our conditions are clear, and mediators are continuing their consultations regarding them,\u201d he added.
Araghchi said whether Iran would hold direct or indirect talks with the US depended on Tehran\u2019s conditions being met.
\u201cMediators have presented proposals concerning the nuclear dossier, which we are currently reviewing as part of the second phase,\u201d he said.
\u201cQatari and Pakistani mediators are continuing consultations regarding our conditions,\u201d he said.
Rouzbeh Parsi, an Iran analyst and affiliated researcher at Lund University\u2019s Department of History and Human Rights Studies, told Al Jazeera that any progress in Friday\u2019s talks in Tehran was most likely on \u201cthe sequencing of the first steps needed to establish the barest of trust \u2013 without which further bolder steps are not possible\u201d.<\/p>\n

Araghchi said talks with Qatari mediators had shortened the time needed to implement Iran\u2019s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
\u201cThe Qatari side proposed shortening the implementation period of the Iranian proposal to five days. We have reached a proposal at this stage that reduces the implementation period to two days,\u201d he said.
\u201cOur conditions include lifting the sanctions imposed following the Islamabad memorandum and reducing US forces in the region,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cWe demand the restoration of oil waivers and the release of all our frozen funds, including those held in Qatar.\u201d
Iran is also demanding recognition of shipping routes through the strait that it had discussed with Oman, and the closure of other routes, he said.
Al Jazeera\u2019s Resul Serdar Atas, reporting from Tehran, said there was \u201cno remarkable flexibility in Iran\u2019s position\u201d, with Tehran insisting on the same demands while negotiations continue.
Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the US and Iran in June, Washington guaranteed the oil waivers and said there would be no further restrictions on Iranian oil exports, Atas said. But when the MoU collapsed months later, the US cancelled all the waivers.
Tehran is also still insisting on the release of its frozen assets, including $6bn held in Qatar, and on the lifting of sanctions, not only those on its energy and nuclear file, but also those imposed since the MoU collapsed, which are putting huge pressure on Iran\u2019s economy, he said.
The US, for its part, wants Iran to reopen the strait, and both sides want their demands met on the ground, not only on paper, Atas added.<\/p>\n

In his remarks to Al Jazeera, Araghchi said his country does not rule out the possibility of an attack against Iran.
\u201cWe are prepared for all scenarios,\u201d he said.
\u201cWe have upgraded our weaponry, addressed our vulnerabilities, and tested new arms. Our forces are at the highest level of readiness.\u201d
This comes as Iran\u2019s armed forces chief of staff, Major-General Ali Abdollahi, said in a statement on Saturday that Iran would respond to any attack with \u201cimmense force\u201d, with no geographical limits, and that it would decide when any new war ends.
Abdollahi said Iran was acting on Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei\u2019s orders<\/a>.
\u201cWe have a new stockpile of enemy targets and assets, and they are on our agenda,\u201d he said. \u201cAmerica and Israel will face an unimaginable response, and we are the ones who will determine the end of any new war.\u201d
Abbas Khamayar, a former Iranian diplomat, told Al Jazeera he expected the current situation to hold until next week\u2019s US midterm elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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