TEHRAN -- A spokesman 
for Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Tuesday that Iranian military capabilities are a “red line” in the nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington that began over the weekend. 
Iran’s military and defense capabilities are “out of the question” and “will never be subject to negotiations,” said IRGC spokesperson General Ali Muhammad Naeini, describing Tehran’s two ballistic missile attacks against Israel in April and October 2024 as a clear manifestation of the Iranian armed forces’ serious resolve to protect the national interests.”
The operations “displayed Iran’s initiative and asymmetric offensive capability to strike the Zionist enemy and was the first direct and public military confrontation between the Islamic Republic and the Zionist regime,” he added.
National security and military power are Iran’s “red lines” and “under no circumstances” will be discussed, Naeini went on to say. 
Indirect talks between Washington and Tehran on the Iranian nuclear program began in Oman on Saturday. 
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened Iran with a bombing campaign if a deal is not reached, while maintaining his “maximum pressure” policy of sanctions against Tehran.
Iran insists that its nuclear program is entirely peaceful. It has also stressed that the talks with Washington focus solely