US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that Iran had to leave his uranium enrichment and long -range missiles and allow US inspectors access to his nuclear facilities.
His notes came as a planned round of nuclear negotiations was postponed. The stomach state persists in the middle of the escalating rhetoric, while US President Donald Trump warned that the military action against Iran remains on the table unless an agreement is reached, as stated by Reuters.
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“They have to leave sponsoring terrorists, have to leave the help of the Houthis (in Yemen), have to leave the construction of long -range missiles that have no purpose to exist than to have nuclear weapons, and must leave enrichment,” Rubio said in an interview on Hannita on Fox News.
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Iran consistently claims that they will not leave its missile program or stop enrichment of uranium-process, which can be used for both nuclear energy generation and to produce weapons material.
In response, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio claimed that if Iran’s intentions were purely peaceful, he should import uranium enriched with his civil needs of nuclear energy instead of producing it at home.
“If you have the ability to enrich by 3.67%, it only takes a few weeks to get 20%, then 60%and then 80 and 90%you need for a weapon,” he said.
“The only country in the world that enriches uranium is those that have nuclear weapons,” Rubio added.
Iran says that “Lowing will not change basic facts”
But Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said in X late on Friday: “… Repeating the illnesses will not change the basic facts. As a founding signatory for NPT (non -spreading contract), Iran has the right to have a complete nuclear fuel cycle.”
“Moreover, there are several NPT members who enrich uranium while completely rejecting nuclear weapons. In addition to Iran, this club includes several Asian, European and South American nations. Maximistic placement and Western rhetoric do nothing except eroding chances.” Araqchi said.
“The trustworthy and resistant agreement is within reach. All you need is a firm political will and a fair approach,” he added.
Iran claimed that he had the right to enrich uranium under the conditions of nuclear non -spreading (NPT) and continues to denial any intention to develop nuclear weapons.
Rubio, however, faced that any future agreement must include provisions allowing US participation in inspections with unlimited access to all Iranian facilities, including military sites.
Meanwhile, Washington intensifies his pressure campaign. On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced that all purchases of Iranian oil and petrochemical products must stop immediately. He warned that every individual or nation that would be such a transaction would face secondary sanctions from the United States, Reuters reported.
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Iran opposed this approach on Friday. “The continuation of these illegal behavior does not change logical, legitimate, and international attitudes based on international law,” said the statement of the Foreign Ministry and condemned what it calls “pressure on Iranian trade and economic partners”.
He added that such sanctions have created “deep suspicions and distrust of the seriousness of America on the path of diplomacy”.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who led the Iranian delegation in three interviews so far, said that Iran was prepared for a “fair and balanced agreement”.
“In our determination, there is no change in the security of the negotiated solution,” said Araghchi in X, adding that any agreement should guarantee “ending sanctions”.
The ongoing negotiations represent the highest engagement in the Iranian nuclear program, because former President Donald Trump withdrew from the 2015 Milestone Agreement between Tehran and the main world powers.
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President Donald Trump announced that the United States is depositing secondary sanctions on any country or a company that continues to buy Iranian oil, and raises pressure on Tehran in the middle of stopped nuclear negotiations, Bloomberg report.
This step is part of the wider Washington strategy for Iran’s economic isolation and enforcement of concessions in ongoing interviews, which represent the highest involvement at the highest level since the US left a nuclear agreement in 2015 in 2018.
In April, Iran exported an estimated 1.7 million barrels of oil and condensates a day, with more than 80% of these shipments went to Chinese private refinery, according to data from the analytical company KPLER.
These purchases provide Iran a key economic rope that offers much needed revenue to its strongly sanctioned and cash oil sector, often via discounted rates, Bloomberg reported.
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In recent months, the United States has imposed sanctions on two of these Chinese refineries in a wider campaign for disturbing Iranian exports and financial ties. Washington’s pressure to tighten these measures – or expand them to focus on other Chinese companies – deepening tensions with Beijing, which, according to the report, is already locked in a business conflict with the US.
“Any country or person who buys any amount of oil or petrochemicals from Iran will immediately be subjected to secondary sanctions,” Trump said on Thursday on social media without providing further details of measures. “They will not be allowed to trade with the United States in any way, shape or form.”
President Donald Trump reaffirmed his obligation to prevent Iran from developing or acquiring nuclear weapons because he seeks a new agreement to replace the 2015 nuclear agreement, from which he withdrew during the first term. In accordance with this strategy, its administration constantly increases pressure on Tehran and carries out several rounds of sanctions focused on various sectors of the Iranian economy.
Iran, on the other hand, claims that his nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes and continues to claim that his right to enrich uranium is unclear under international law.
Trump’s last step – limiting secondary sanctions against countries and companies that buy Iranian oil and oil products – aggressive tactics of his first term.
If you have the ability to enrich 3.67%, it takes only a few weeks to get 20%, then 60%and then 80 and 90%you need for a weapon.
Repetition of illnesses will not change the basic facts.
After the US withdrawal from a nuclear agreement from Obama from the Trump Administration era, it renewed previously canceled sanctions and introduced new measures aimed at limiting Iranian oil exports, a key source of income for the country.
(With the entry from agencies)
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