Iran has not requested talks with the US to end the war, Iran's ambassador to Egypt says

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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cairo, Egypt - 5 March 2026
1. Ferdousi Pour bowing before Khamenei's picture
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour, Iranian Ambassador to Egypt: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
"Iran didn't demand from the United States, nor will it demand from President Trump, to return to the negotiating table. I said, we will not rely on, and there will be no trust in Trump. How is it possible that without mutual trust, without a lack of trust, without reliance on the other side, to ask them to return to negotiations again? I don't think so. There is no message (request) from Iran to the other side."
3. Cutaway of framed photo of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour, Iranian Ambassador to Egypt: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
"This aggression is a heinous crime, therefore we have no choice but to legitimate defense. Therefore, any military bases or facilities belonging to the United States or the occupying Israeli entity within the region are considered targets of Iranian attack, because these are not considered a part of friendly or brotherly countries; they are considered US territory or Iranian enemy territory."
5. Iranian flag
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour, Iranian Ambassador to Egypt: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
"This war is a comprehensive war. It's a cyber warfare. It's an economic war. It's a political and security war. It's not just a purely military war. No. This is a war in all fields. The enemy benefits. He should take a hit in return for what he does, and nothing more. We do as the enemy does."
7. Wide of interview

STORYLINE:
Iran has not requested talks with the United States to bring an end to the widening war, Iran’s ambassador to Egypt told AP Thursday, denying comments by US President Donald Trump that the country “wants to talk.”

Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour, said a lack of trust makes any such engagement impossible after talks for a possible nuclear deal twice failed and ended with the war.

“There will be no trust in Trump,” he said.

Ferdousi Pour described the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the attacks in Iran as " heinous crimes" and reiterated that any military bases or facilities belonging to the United States or Israeli "are considered targets of Iranian attack."

“We have declared repeatedly that if there are bases on the borders of the Islamic Republic of Iran belonging to the United States, and they will benefit from these bases, they will be targeted,” he said, from the Iranian Embassy in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, adding that the war extends beyond military engagement.

“It’s a comprehensive war. It’s cyber warfare. It’s an economic war. It’s a political and security war. … This is a war in all fields.”

The ambassador also said that the election of a new Islamic Supreme Leader shouldn't "take long. "

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he should be involved in choosing Iran’s next supreme leader as the U.S. and Israel hammered the country for a sixth day. Iran kept up retaliatory attacks on Israel, American bases and countries around the region.

Trump’s comments to the American news website Axios were likely to renew questions about whether the U.S. and Israel seek the overthrow of the Islamic Republic or just a change in its policies, as the conflict has appeared increasingly open-ended.

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