on March 9 local time, Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi stated in an interview with the U.S. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) that he does not believe Iran's new Supreme Leader will consider dialogue with the United States or renegotiate. The Iranian Foreign Minister said that the responsibility for the conflict lies entirely with the U.S. and Israel. Araghchi emphasized that the slowdown or even halt in oil production and transportation in the Middle East, making the entire region unsafe, is the responsibility of the U.S. and Israel, and Iran is "not responsible" for this — this is a "war imposed on Iran," and what Iran has done is merely "legal and legitimate self-defense."