Iran is ready to negotiate to resolve its dispute with the United States, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said. "If there is a just and fair agreement, then Iran is ready for talks," Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi said at a joint Turkey-Iran press conference in Istanbul.

He also praised Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan's initiative for talks. He said he was ready for both war and peace. But he said there would be no compromise on Iran's national security. The comments came as US President Donald Trump prepares to attack Iran. The US, its European allies and Israel have accused Iran of seeking to develop weapons through its nuclear programme. Iran has said its nuclear programme is not for weapons. The US, its European allies and Israel have accused Iran of seeking to develop weapons through its nuclear programme. Iran has said its nuclear programme is not for weapons. Before the 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June, the two countries held five rounds of nuclear talks. But after the war broke out, Washington attacked key Iranian nuclear facilities, and Iran responded by attacking a US air base in Qatar. All these activities created a situation of lack of communication between the two countries. In October, Trump once again invited Iran to talks. Addressing the Israeli parliament, he said that the US would talk if Iran was ready for talks.

Talks were stalled by uranium enrichment

Talks last year between the US and Iran failed to reach an agreement on the issue of uranium enrichment. The Trump administration had demanded that Iran end its uranium enrichment activities. Iran was ready to limit uranium enrichment, but not to reduce it to zero as demanded by Trump.

Iran had expressed its desire to move forward in accordance with the 2015 nuclear deal. The deal stipulated that Iran should limit its uranium enrichment level to 3.67 percent and its stockpile to 300 kilograms.

This level is sufficient for energy and medical purposes. But it is not enough to make weapons. Scientists say that uranium should be enriched to (80-90 percent) for weapons production.

The US, Britain, Russia, China, France, Germany and Iran signed this agreement. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was monitoring the implementation of this agreement.

For this, 24-hour cameras were installed in all nuclear facilities in Iran. By signing the agreement, the powers agreed to give Iran easy and fair access to the international market in exchange for giving up its ambitions to build nuclear weapons.

However, in 2018, after Trump became president, he announced his withdrawal from the agreement. He claimed that the agreement was one of the worst agreements in American history. He claimed that the agreement had failed to protect America's national security interests. He also demanded that uranium enrichment be reduced to zero

. The year after the US left, Iran increased uranium enrichment to 4.5 percent. From 2023, Iran stopped providing information about its nuclear program by removing the cameras. During this period, it had built a lot of nuclear infrastructure in many parts of the country.

Currently, Iran has a stockpile of 400 kg of uranium with an enrichment level of around 60 percent. According to analysts, a nuclear bomb can be made after the enrichment level reaches 90 percent. In addition, the stockpile of low-enriched uranium has reached about 10,000 kg.

In the five-round talks held in 2025, Iran had said that it was ready to return to the 2015 level (enrichment level of 3.67 percent). But the talks failed when the US demand for zero enrichment was not met.

Stop the nuclear program and the killing of protesters: Trump

US President Donald Trump said that Iran must do two things immediately to avoid military action. 'First: Stop the nuclear program. Second, stop killing protesters,' he said, 'They are killing thousands of protesters.'

A large number of protesters have been killed in the protests that began on December 28. According to the information given by the Iranian government a week ago, about 3,117 people were killed in the protests.

But just three days ago, a report published by the British media outlet The Guardian, based on interviews with Iranian doctors, mentioned that at least 30,000 people had been killed.

Trump has been saying that he supports this protest. He has repeatedly warned the Iranian government not to suppress the protesters.

On the other hand, the Iranian government has accused Israel and the United States of instigating this protest. The United States has moved its large aircraft carrier (armada) and nuclear-armed destroyers near Iran in the Indian Ocean.

About 15,000 soldiers have been deployed in this area. Iran is saying that it will respond to any action against it.

Arab countries are in favor of dialogue.

A potential confrontation between Iran and the United States is feared to destabilize the Middle East. Egypt has said that the issue should be resolved through a diplomatic solution.

‘It is necessary to bring Iran and the United States to an agreement through creative interaction and communication and resolve this dispute through consensus,’ the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said.

NATO member Turkey is also opposed to military intervention in Iran. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said that he is ready to mediate a phone conversation between Iran and the United States.

Two US allies, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, have said that they will not allow their land and airspace to be used for an attack on Iran. The US has built its military infrastructure in these countries.