March 5, 2026

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas on Thursday in a video interview from Tehran that his country is ready for a U.S. ground invasion and that Iran will not negotiate with President Donald Trump.

“The fact is that we don’t have any positive experience of negotiating with the United States. You know, especially with this administration. We negotiated twice last year and this year, and then in the middle of negotiations, they attacked us,” Araghchi told Llamas, adding:

 

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared in an interview that Iran is prepared for a U.S. ground invasion and refuses to negotiate with President Trump’s administration, citing previous negotiations that ended in attacks as proof of bad faith. He emphasized that Iran’s goal is to resist rather than win a war, claiming successful defiance against the U.S. and Israeli forces, and confidently stated that any invasion would be a disaster for the U.S., signaling Tehran’s readiness to confront American military action.

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