Iranian Foreign Minister says new Supreme Leader will not negotiate with the US

On March 9, local time, Iranian Foreign Minister Araqchi stated in an interview with PBS that he did not believe Iran's new Supreme Leader would consider dialogue or renegotiating with the United States. The Iranian Foreign Minister said the responsibility for the conflict lay entirely with the US and Israel. Araqchi emphasized that the slowdown or even stagnation of oil production and transportation in the Middle East, making the entire region insecure, was the responsibility of the United States and Israel, and that Iran bore "no responsibility" for it—this was a "war imposed on Iran," and what Iran did was merely "legitimate and justified self-defense." (Jin Shi)