Iran won’t bow to US pressure, says FM Abbas Araghchi as China backs Tehran at SCO meet

Liked this AI Summary? Join our AI Workshop Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday reiterated that Tehran would not yield to pressure from the United States, saying the country would never respond to threats, coercion or intimidation while defending its national interests. Speaking to reporters after the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan, Araghchi said the primary obstacle to engagement between Tehran and Washington was not the absence of communication channels but what he described as the US policy of “bullying and coercion”, according to Iran’s state broadcaster Press TV. “Iran has shown…