Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran's current policy is to continue resistance in the face of ongoing unprovoked American-Israeli aggression, while ruling out negotiations and ceasefire in the absence of required guarantees.

"At present, our policy is to continue resistance, and no negotiations have taken place," the top diplomat said in a televised interview on Wednesday.

"There are no negotiations underway," he reiterated elsewhere in his remarks, besides questioning the reliability of outside assurances.

Regional diplomatic contacts have taken place, but Tehran’s position has not changed, the official stated.

“Many foreign ministers from the region have contacted Tehran, but Iran’s position has remained ‘principled and firm.’"

'Iran dismisses intl. guarantees in favor of inherent guarantee created by reprisal'

"International guarantees are not 100 percent reliable," Araghchi stated in reference to reported efforts by some third countries to act as intermediaries towards ending the unlawful aggression that has prompted decisive retaliation on the part of the Islamic Republic.

"Through the inherent guarantee that we created ourselves, no one will dare again to go to war with the Iranian people,” the official added, pointing to the Iranian reprisal that has seen the country's Armed Forces launch at least 81 waves of unrelenting counterstrikes against sensitive and strategic American and Israeli targets throughout the region.