Iranian authorities should not engage in uranium enrichment. Otherwise, they would face consequences from the United States, President Donald Trump claimed he was on a presidential plane flying from Washington to New Jersey talking to reporters.
“If they’re going to enrich us, we’ll have to reverse it and I really don’t want to do it. There’s no enrichment (of Iranian uranium),’ Trump insisted.
Iranian officials have emphasized that uranium enrichment is a right for the Iranian state, and have always emphasized the peaceful nature of the country’s nuclear program.
The US and Iran have been holding five rounds of nuclear talks starting April 12th, and are expected to meet again for negotiations aimed at reaching a new agreement. The two countries are at odds at the level of uranium enrichment.
Last week, Iran’s head of the negotiation team, Abbas Aragichi, foreign minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, said in the X post that Oman Foreign Minister Badr Al-Basaidi had presented elements of the US proposal on a nuclear deal to Iran during his brief visit to Tearan. He also said, “Iran will respond appropriately based on principles, national interests and the rights of Iranian people to suggestions.”
On Monday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaril Baghihai stressed that considering national interests would be the basis for Tehran’s response to the US proposal.
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