Araghchi Sets Fair, Equal Talks as Condition for U.S. Dialogue In a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said: “The experience of the past year has shown that America’s understanding of negotiation is not dialogue but the imposition and dictation of positions, and that real negotiation is only possible if the other side changes its approach and agrees to a fair, balanced, and equal dialogue.”