Iran welcomes a potential "fair and balanced" US nuclear proposal, but Tehran has not received any proposal for negotiations, the country's top diplomat said on Saturday.
"If we receive a reasonable, balanced, and fair proposal from the Americans for negotiations, we will certainly consider it," Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told state television.
However, Araghchi said Tehran will not give up its "right to enrich uranium" but can take confidence-building measures regarding "the peaceful nature of its nuclear programme."
"Of course, this is conditional on the other side also taking steps to build trust — by lifting part of the sanctions," Araghchi said, adding that Tehran and Washington had been exchanging messages through mediators.
He added that there was no reason for Iran to resume negotiations with European parties over the Islamic republic's nuclear programme.
"We truly do not see any reason to negotiate with them," he said, referring to Britain, France and Germany, which said Friday they would seek to restart stalled nuclear talks. "What can they possibly do, and what positive outcome could such negotiations have?"
The United States, its European allies, and Israel accuse Tehran of using its nuclear programme to conceal efforts to try to develop the capability to produce weapons. Iran says its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes only.
Prior to a 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June, which Washington joined by striking key nuclear sites, Tehran and Washington held five rounds of nuclear talks but faced major stumbling blocks such as uranium enrichment on Iranian soil, which Western powers want to bring down to zero to minimise any risk of weaponisation.
Gaza ceasefire
Commenting on the ceasefire that has ended the two-year war in Gaza, Araghchi said Iran did not have confidence that its arch-nemesis Israel would respect the terms of the agreement.
"We warn about the tricks and betrayals of the Zionist regime (Israel) regarding previous agreements... There is absolutely no trust in the Zionist regime," said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, pointing to previous ceasefires that have been violated, including in Lebanon.
Araghchi nonetheless reiterated Iran's support for the ceasefire, saying "any plan that serves to halt these (Israel's) crimes has always had our support".
The Iranian foreign ministry on Thursday said the Islamic republic "has always supported any action and initiative that includes stopping the genocidal war, withdrawal of the occupying forces, bringing in humanitarian aid, releasing Palestinian prisoners and realising the fundamental rights of the Palestinians".
Araghchi said Iran had received a message relayed by Russia indicating that Israel did not want any new confrontation with the Islamic republic.
"Apparently three or four days ago there was a telephone call between (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu and (Russian President Vladimir) Putin," he added.
"Netanyahu emphasised that he had no intention of restarting a war with Iran," he said, adding that the message was relayed to Tehran's ambassador in Russia.