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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on Saturday that Tehran would “target US targets” in the region if US forces attacked, a report said.
The comments came after Araghchi said on Friday that indirect nuclear talks with the US in Oman were “a good start” and there was “consensus” that talks would continue.
“It would not be possible to attack US soil, but if Iran was attacked by US forces we would target their targets in the region,” Araghchi told Al Jazeera on Saturday. According to Reuters.
He reportedly said, “We will not attack neighboring countries, but we will target American bases located in them. There is a big difference between the two.”
Iranian official says nuclear talks to continue after ‘good start’ to US, Tehran talks in Oman
This U.S. Navy handout photo shows Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Michael Cordova directing an F/A-18F Super Hornet onto the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean, Jan. 23, 2026. The aircraft carrier is currently in the Middle East, and it shot down an Iranian drone earlier this week. (Mass Communications Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman/US Navy via AP)
Last June the U.S. Attack on nuclear facilities in Iran, Which is known as Operation Midnight Hammer.
In response, Iran retaliated by attacking the American air base Al-Udeid in Qatar, to which President Donald Trump responded. characteristic of that time As a “very weak reaction”.
The president wrote on Truth Social, “Iran has responded much weaker officially to the destruction of its nuclear facilities than we expected, and has responded very effectively. 14 missiles were fired – 13 were shot down and 1 was ‘liberated’ because it was headed in a non-threatening direction.”
Satellite images reveal activity at Iran nuclear sites bombed by US, Israel
President Donald Trump gestures while delivering remarks to US troops during a visit to Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar on May 15, 2025. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)
Regarding Friday’s nuclear talks, Araghchi said, “It was a good start, but its continuation depends on consultations in our respective capitals and decisions on how to proceed.”
Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi met with both Iranian and US officials on Friday, Oman’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday. The ministry said al-Busaidi held separate meetings with Araghchi and US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi speaks in Iran’s northern city of Rasht on November 18, 2025. (Shadati/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Oman’s Foreign Ministry said, “The consultations focused on creating appropriate conditions for the resumption of diplomatic and technical dialogue, stressing their importance, in the light of the parties’ determination to ensure their success in achieving sustainable security and stability.”
