Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister: Regime change is a futile exercise

Lyse Doucet speaks to Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s Deputy Foreign
Minister, about the future of Iran’s nuclear programme and its
government. The interview took place in the country’s capital
Tehran after Iran’s twelve-day war with Israel.


Both sides fired missiles into each other’s territories, with
hundreds killed as military sites were destroyed and civilian
infrastructure badly damaged.


Israel first attacked Iran on 13 June, claiming Iran was close to
building a nuclear weapon. The conflict ended when the United
States bombed three of Iran’s nuclear sites.


It is worth remembering, before any of the aggression started,
talks about the future of Iran’s nuclear programme were ongoing
with the US. But they were overshadowed by a report from the
International Atomic Energy Agency declaring Iran was in breach
of its nuclear obligations and questioned why Iran was enriching
uranium to such high levels.


For now, there’s a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. Majid
Takht-Ravanchi explains why he thinks it will hold and what it
will take for diplomacy with the United States to resume in good
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