Tehran serious about diplomatic path, no ‘military solution’ to end war, says Araghchi

Tehran  –  Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran is “serious about finding diplomatic solutions, just as we are serious about defending ourselves,” Al Jazeera reported on Sunday.

Araghchi said there was no military solution to his country’s conflict with the United States, as talks aimed at ending the war appeared to have reached an impasse, AFP reported.

“If our enemies again choose the path of military confrontation, our response will be stronger than before, and we will defend ourselves with even more force,” Araghchi said at a gathering of foreign ambassadors.

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“There is no military solution, nor any solution based on new sanctions,” he added.

Iran will upgrade the range of its missiles following the war with the US, as American forces are now positioned as much as 1,000 km (621 miles) away from the Iranian coast, Army spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia told Fars news on Sunday.

“During this war, we concluded that we absolutely must increase the range of our missiles, and we have now moved in that direction,” he said.

The Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until seven Iranian conditions set out in a June interim agreement with the US are met, Nournews reported Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said on Sunday, a few days after Tehran received Washington’s reply to its diplomatic proposal.

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“The Americans, who say something different in the media, have recently put forward proposals through a mediator. But they must understand that the period of dragging out the process and dictating one-sided demands is over,” Ghalibaf was quoted as saying.

“The position of the Islamic Republic of Iran is completely clear and firm, and the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened until our seven conditions, based on the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, are met.”

Iran’s parliament speaker said on Sunday that Tehran is “neither excited nor intimidated” by the US’ actions, stressing that Iran is prepared to “both fight and negotiate.”

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“We are present in the military battlefield with all our strength and we will face them with new surprises, and we use the tools of diplomacy to establish our superiority in the military field and impose the rights of the Iranian people,” Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told parliament, according to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency.

The Iranian army plans to begin training volunteers under a programme aimed at preparing citizens for “national defence”, Al Jazeera reported, citing the West Asia News Agency (WANA).

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Iran has also opened a military training centre for everyday citizens in Tehran as part of the programme.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Washington’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz remains “ironclad”, warning that President Donald Trump has “options” if Iran continues to “play games” with the vital sea passage, Al Jazeera reported.

The US aircraft carrier George HW Bush arrived off Thailand’s resort island of Phuket on Sunday with about 4,800 personnel aboard for a rest-and-recreation break after months of supporting US operations in the Middle East.

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The Nimitz-class carrier had been operating in the ⁠Arabian Sea during the conflict with Iran, according to multiple media reports.

The carrier will anchor offshore, while crew members are expected to come ashore through Phuket Deep Sea Port and spend time on the popular southern resort island from October 4 to 9, local media ⁠reported.

The visit follows a five-day port call by the US carrier Abraham Lincoln at Laem Chabang in eastern Thailand last month, with about ⁠5,000 sailors and Marines aboard.

A local mayor had estimated each US service member from the Lincoln ⁠could spend up to 3,000 baht ($89) per day during the visit.

Thailand is the United ⁠States’ only treaty partner in mainland Southeast Asia.

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