Iran not sure it can trust America after Israeli attack, Iran’s foreign minister tells NBC News

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell that his government doesn’t know “how we can trust” the U.S. after Israel's strikes.
Iran is uncertain whether it can trust the United States in diplomatic talks after Israel launched an aerial attack on the country only days before scheduled negotiations with American officials, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday in an exclusive interview with NBC News.
Asked by NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell whether a deal with the United States could be reached within the two-week time frame recently given by President Donald Trump, Araghchi said it was up to the Trump administration “to show their determination for going for a negotiated solution.”
But he suggested Washington was perhaps not genuinely interested in diplomacy and had merely used talks as a “cover” for Israel’s air attack.
Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is interviewed by Andrea Mitchell in Geneva, on Friday.NBC NewsAt her Thursday briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered what she said was a message from Trump: “Based on the fact that there’s a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks.” (Promising some action or decision in “two weeks” is a frequent thing for Trump — he has done so over a dozen times just in the last two months — and he often does not make good on it.)
Israel, a staunch U.S. ally, last week launched airstrikes two days before a sixth round of negotiations between U.S. and Iranian officials, with intermediaries from Oman, had been scheduled to take place. U.S. officials said the administration was not involved in the Israeli military operation.
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