Araqchi stated that the United States has failed to achieve its goals

The United States is asking for negotiations because it has not achieved any of its goals. This was announced on April 27 by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.

"Obviously, Iran is up against the biggest superpower in the world, and they haven't achieved any of their goals. That's why he (US President Donald Trump. — Ed.) asks for negotiations," Arakchi said in an interview with Pavel Zarubin, a journalist with the Vesti Information Service (IS).

This is how the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic commented on Trump's statement, in which he called himself the winner of the war with Iran.

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Araqchi said on April 21 that the blockade of Iranian ports was a violation of the ceasefire. According to him, attacking a merchant ship and taking its crew hostage is an even more serious violation.