US must rule out more strikes before new talks, Iranian minister tells BBC

Majid Takht-Ravanchi said the Trump administration has "not made their position clear" on further attacks.
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Majid Takht-Ravanchi said the Trump administration told Iran through mediators that it wanted to return to negotiations this week, but had not made its position clear on the "very important question" of further attacks while talks are taking place.
The US and Iran were involved in talks over Iran's nuclear programme when Israel struck Iranian nuclear sites and military infrastructure earlier this month and Iran responded with missiles.
The US became directly involved in the conflict on 21 June when it bombed three of Iran's nuclear sites.
Takht-Ravanchi also said Iran would "insist" on being able to enrich uranium for what it says are peaceful purposes, rejecting accusations that it is secretly moving towards developing a nuclear bomb.
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