Iran remains open to dialogue with Washington on the nuclear issue, provided the US offers "guarantees against any attack," commits to "mutual respect," and acknowledges "mistakes," the country's foreign minister tells Le Monde in an interview. However, he categorically rules out any negotiations on Iran's ballistic missile program, which he described as "defensive and deterrent."

After the United States attacked facilities under IAEA supervision, serious damage was caused, and we are currently assessing it. We are within our rights to seek compensation for this. To claim that a program has been annihilated, or that a nation should decide to end its peaceful nuclear program, which aims to meet needs in energy, medicine, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture, is a miscalculation.

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