Iran 'doubtful' it could enter negotiations with US amid Israeli bombardment

Speaking on the sidelines in Istanbul, before a meeting with 40 diplomats from other Muslim-majority countries, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi raised doubts that Iran could consider the United States to be a partner with which to negotiate in "good faith".

"It is obvious, I cannot go to negotiations with the United States when our people are under bombardment, under the support of the United States," Araghchi said. 

"We have come, unfortunately, to the conclusion that the United States has been in this aggression from the beginning," he added, referring to the Israeli bombardment.

"They deny, they keep saying they are not involved, but we have many indications they have been involved from day one. And now the interviews by the US president is quite clear, that he's talking about US leadership on this question."