Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused U.S. President Donald Trump of having “betrayed diplomacy” by launching strikes that derailed nuclear negotiations, insisting that “war was imposed on Iran” and declaring Tehran can “continue the war as long as we want.”

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi unleashed a blistering critique of President Donald Trump as the war with the United States and Israel entered its fifth day, accusing the U.S. of abandoning diplomatic efforts and turning the crisis into full‑scale war.

In a post on X, Araghchi tweeted that “when complex nuclear negotiations are treated like a real estate transaction, and when big lies cloud realities, unrealistic expectations can never be met. The outcome? Bombing the negotiation table out of spite. Mr. Trump betrayed diplomacy and Americans who elected him.”

Indirect talks previously took place in Geneva on 26 February 2026, with both delegations meeting at the Omani ambassador’s residence and planning further technical discussions in Vienna, raising the prospect of a potential agreement covering nuclear restrictions and sanctions relief.

Diplomats in Geneva reported “significant progress” on certain principles aimed at future agreements, with both sides signalling cautious progress and agreeing to continue working-level consultations.

Yet just two days later, on 28 February, coordinated U.S.–Israeli strikes targeted Iranian sites, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei along with several senior military commanders and officials. This abruptly shifted the trajectory from diplomacy to open confrontation and cast serious doubt over the future of the negotiations.

Iran denied any intent to build weapons and saw the assault as unprovoked, immediately retaliating with waves of ballistic missiles and drones toward Israeli and U.S. positions in the region, including Gulf Arab states.

In Geneva, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations stressed that war was not Tehran’s choice and that “war was imposed on Iran,” rejecting U.S. characterisations of the talks falling apart due to Iranian intransigence and instead emphasising that the conflict erupted amid ongoing diplomatic engagement.

Iran has no plans to return to negotiations with the United States and is prepared to sustain the war for as long as necessary, according to Mohammad Mokhber, a senior aide to the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Speaking to state television, Mokhber said Tehran has “no trust in the Americans, and we have no basis for any negotiations with them,” stressing that the country remains resolute.

He added that Iran is capable of prolonging the confrontation, declaring, “We can continue the war as long as we want.”