MUMBAI | Iran’s foreign minister said Tehran has no trust in the United States and would negotiate only if it believes Washington is serious, keeping the nuclear and Hormuz files suspended between diplomacy, energy pressure and regional security risk.
Reuters reported that Abbas Araqchi made the comments during a visit to New Delhi for a BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting. His remarks followed suspended negotiations over a permanent peace agreement after the recent ceasefire involving Iran, the United States and Israel.
The location matters. In New Delhi, the comments were delivered in a setting where South Asian energy security, BRICS diplomacy and global-market pressure intersect. The Strait of Hormuz is not just a Gulf crisis point; it is a route tied to fuel costs, shipping schedules and inflation risk across importing economies.
Araqchi said Iran would only negotiate if it believed the United States was serious. Reuters described the mediation process as challenged but not necessarily ended, with conflicting signals from Washington and Tehran continuing to complicate the next step.
The Iranian position comes as U.S. President Donald Trump has publicly expressed impatience with Tehran, while also saying China’s President Xi Jinping agreed that Iran should not develop nuclear weapons and should reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Those statements link the Iran file to the U.S.-China summit, energy markets and wider geopolitical bargaining.
The diplomatic problem is that both sides appear to be talking about conditions before talks. Iran wants proof of seriousness and a reduction in pressure. Washington wants movement on nuclear and maritime issues. Energy markets are reacting before diplomacy produces a stable result.
For India and other energy importers, the key concern is continuity. The longer shipping uncertainty persists, the more governments, refiners and consumers are exposed to fuel-price pressure. The question is not only whether tankers move but whether companies price in risk at every step of the supply chain.
What is confirmed is narrow: talks have not clearly resumed, Iran is publicly skeptical and the Hormuz question remains complicated. What remains unclear is whether mediators can restart a process that gives each side enough political space to step back from escalation.
The afternoon update is therefore a diplomatic and economic story, not just a quote from Tehran. It shows why the Iran file continues to move markets, shipping and foreign-policy planning even when no battlefield headline changes.
Additional Reporting By: Reuters