Abbas Araghchi

Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic, posted a message on X on Tuesday, July 7, stating: "If threats continue, negotiations over a final agreement will not begin." The message appears to be a response to remarks made by Donald Trump the previous day, in which he said "Iran either signs an agreement with us or we go back and we finish the job... We can demolish their bridges in an hour. We can shut down their power grid. All those big, beautiful, modern power plants they've built. They had a lot of money but now they don't have any money. We haven't given them any money but we can shut down their electricity and power generation plants." In the same message, Araghchi referenced the funeral procession of Ali Khamenei, the Islamic Republic's former leader, writing: "Neither they nor our brave armed forces will accept any threat."