PARIS: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday he hoped talks with the US would resume soon, while reiterating Tehran’s red lines and warning against any American attack.

According to excerpts from an interview with Al Jazeera published on his official Telegram channel, Araghchi said Iran’s missile program was “never negotiable” during Friday’s talks in Oman.

He warned that Tehran would target US bases in the region if the US attacked Iranian territory.

However, Araghchi also said that despite the talks in Muscat being indirect, “an opportunity arose to shake hands with the American delegation.”

He called the talks “a good start,” but added that building trust would take time. 

He said the talks would resume “soon.”

US President Donald Trump on Friday called the talks “very good,” and pledged another round of negotiations next week.

Despite this, he signed an executive order, effective Saturday, that called for the “imposition of tariffs” on countries still doing business with Iran.

The US also announced new sanctions against numerous shipping entities and vessels, aimed at curbing Iran’s oil exports.

Araghchi told Al Jazeera that nuclear enrichment was Iran’s “inalienable right and must continue.”

“We are ready to reach a reassuring agreement on enrichment,” he said.

“The Iranian nuclear case will only be resolved through negotiations.”

He also said Iran’s missile program was “never negotiable” because it relates to a “defense issue.”

Washington has sought to address Iran’s ballistic missile program and its support for militant groups in the region — issues which Israel has pushed to include in the talks, according to media reports.

Tehran has repeatedly rejected expanding the scope of the negotiations beyond the nuclear issue.

Friday’s unprecedented talks came amid a major US military buildup in the region.

Aragchi warned that Iran “will attack their (US) bases in the region” if Washington targets Iranian territory.

The negotiations were the first since nuclear talks between Iran and the US collapsed last year.

At Friday’s talks in Oman, the US delegation was led by President Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner.

“In a very positive atmosphere, our arguments were exchanged, and the views of the other side were shared with us,” Araghchi told Iranian state TV after the talks, adding that the two sides had “agreed to continue negotiations.”

Speaking to the IRNA news agency, Araghchi expressed hope that Washington would refrain from “threats and pressure” so that “the talks can continue.”

On Saturday, Araghci criticized what he labelled a “doctrine of domination” that allows Israel to expand its military arsenal while pressuring other states in the region to disarm.

He was speaking at the Al Jazeera Forum in Qatar.