The Palestinian militant group’s unprecedented assault triggered a devastating war in Gaza, drawing in Tehran-aligned militants across the Middle East and sparking rare direct attacks between Iran and Israel.
“We did not know about October 7... We were supposed to have a meeting with the Americans on JCPOA renewal on October 9, which was undermined and destroyed by this operation,“ Zarif said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, using an acronym for the official name of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
“We never tried to cash (in on) our investment in the region,“ he added.
In 2018, during US President Donald Trump’s first term in office, Washington withdrew from the deal, which imposed curbs on Iran’s nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief.
Iran has repeatedly expressed willingness to revive the accord.
Both sides described the talks as “frank and constructive”.
“Had we wanted to build a nuclear weapon, we could have done it a long time ago. But a program to build nuclear weapons is not going to be like our program.”
Zarif further expressed hopes that Trump would choose “rationality” and “be more serious, more focused, more realistic” in dealing with Iran during this term in office.
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