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Iran touts underground weapons capacity amid efforts to revive talks

A Tehran dispatch describes military warnings alongside conditional diplomatic flexibility, with Qatar and possible Russian mediation in focus.

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0:00Diab identifies Qatar's statements and media coverage as signs of a possible opening for renewed negotiations.
0:25Iranian military commanders issue escalatory warnings following the supreme leader's directives, according to the correspondent.
1:00A Revolutionary Guard spokesman says Iran can move missile and drone manufacturing underground.
1:48Araghchi signals conditional flexibility through mediators; Diab then examines discussion of a nuclear negotiating offer to Trump.
3:10Rezaei's reported Moscow meeting with Putin raises the possibility of Russian mediation.
3:47The report closes with Iranian parliamentary positions and Jalili's criticism of the nuclear treaty and agency leadership.

Iran's ability to move missile and drone manufacturing underground is part of the military message emerging from Tehran as intermediaries explore renewed nuclear negotiations with Washington, according to Al Araby Television News, based in Qatar.

Reporting from Tehran, correspondent Hossam Diab describes sharply escalatory statements by Revolutionary Guard and army commanders following directives from Iran's supreme leader. He says Iranian warnings reject geographical limits on retaliation. The Revolutionary Guard operates separately from Iran's regular army and reports to the supreme leader.

Diab cites Guard spokesman Hossein Mohebbi as arguing that Iran's opponents underestimate the armed forces' flexibility, including their capacity to relocate weapons production underground. This is presented as an Iranian assertion of resilience, rather than evidence of a particular relocation taking place.

The diplomatic message is more conditional. Diab points to Qatari media coverage and statements by Qatari politicians as the clearest signs of an opening. He reports that Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has acknowledged activity through mediating countries and signaled flexibility, provided Iran's conditions are met. The emphasis, Diab says, is on tangible steps and practical results.

The dispatch also examines media discussion of whether the nuclear file could become a negotiating offer to President Donald Trump. It does not announce an agreement or a confirmed resumption of talks.

Russia supplies another possible channel. Diab reports that Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, visited Moscow and met President Vladimir Putin, linking the contacts to the possibility of Russian mediation.

The closing section turns to resistance within Iran over nuclear diplomacy. Diab discusses parliamentary positions and Saeed Jalili's criticism of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the International Atomic Energy Agency's director. An accompanying news ticker quotes Araghchi calling for regional security arrangements free of interference by powers outside the region, placing Iran's demand for a different security framework alongside the immediate question of negotiations.