Iran Press/Iran News: "Iran's defensive capabilities is the country's redline and we will never negotiate about it," Mahmoud Vaezi made the remarks on Wednesday in response to a question posed by Iran Press correspondent about the issue.
"Every second you hear something paradoxical from US officials which it is not something new in the current administration of the country," Chief of Staff of Iranian President noted.
"Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's interview is a very clear one, and we cannot realize from any parts of it that Iran is ready to negotiate about its defensive capabilities," Vaezi added.
After Iranian foreign minister's interview with NBC News, some US newsagencies distorted his comments.
"If the US wants to talk about the missile, it must stop selling weapons to the region," Zarif said in an interview with NBC News.
But Associated Press reported that Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in the interview said that the country is ready to negotiate about its defensive power.
"What we posed was that the US itself left the nuclear deal. The 5+1 group created an environment for negotiation about the nuclear issue which our approach is very clear about it," Chief of Staff of Iranian President said.
"If the US officials come back from their approaches and if they lift anti-Iranian sanctions, there would be some opportunities for them in the framework of 5+1," Vaezi added.
In another part of his comments and in response to Iran Press correspondent's question about the UK decision to send a warship to the Persian Gulf, Chief of Staff of Iranian President said: "UK decision to send a warship to the Persian Gulf is not something new for us. It actually rooted in UK relations with some countries in the region. In my opinion, it would not make a big change."
On June 15, the Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in New York on Sunday to attend the meeting of the social-economic council of the UN.
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