(Bloomberg) – The Iranian government confirmed that the US military strikes last month forced her to stop the enrichment of uranium and said it was open to indirect interviews with Washington about the future of the Nuclear Program of the Republic of Islam.
“The enrichment has now stopped because the damage is serious and serious,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in an interview with Fox News, which was broadcast on Monday. “Of course we cannot give up our enrichment, because it is the success of our own scientists, but now it is also a question of national pride.”
Iranian right to enrich Uranus was in the last round of interviews with Trump’s administration, which was released by Israel when she began to bomb the Republic of Islam, in May to insist that Iran began to praise Israel, which Iran had released.
Iran says he wants to enrich uranium at low levels needed for civilian purposes, such as the support of nuclear power plants. Tehran significantly advanced in his nuclear program after Trump left the 2015 nuclear agreement with the world’s first term in his first term and raised the concerns that the Persian Gulf nation could try to develop a nuclear weapon.
The comments of Araghchi came when the questions persisted above the level of damage caused by the massive bombing of the air raid ordered by US President Donald Trump in three key nuclear places in Iran 22nd June.
“If the goal is to ensure that Iran will never have nuclear weapons, it is achievable,” he said, asking about his country’s ability to achieve any agreement with the US. “But if the goal is to get rid of Iran from his rights, including the right to enrich, I think we will have trouble.”
The Islamic Republic is ready to provide “any measures to build the trust needed to prove” that his atomic program “will remain calm forever,” said Araghchi, who also leads Iranian negotiations on his nuclear program.
Iran continues in cooperation with the UN Nuclear Dog – the International Agency for Atomic Energy – and the atomic energy organization in the country is currently evaluating the full range of damage caused last month by air strikes, Araghchi said.
At the end of the 12 -day Israeli military attack on Iran, which focused on nuclear places, military generals, critical infrastructure, commercial and residential districts in Tehran, hospital and prison hundreds of political detainees.
Israeli strikes killed more than 1,000 Iranians, mostly civilians. In the subsequent Iranian missile attacks at least 29 Israeli civilians died.
While both countries agreed to the ceasefire of June 24, the risk of further confrontation remains high because Israel continues to endanger Iran with other attacks. Tehran insists that it will continue its nuclear program and support armed groups that challenge Israeli and American interests in the Middle East.
Israeli military campaign against Iran “did not end”, the defensive forces of Israel said on Tuesday.
In addition to the proposed indirect interviews with the US, which Araghchi mentioned, Iran agreed that he conducted discussions with France, Great Britain and Germany on his nuclear program on Friday. Iranian officials also continue with parallel discussions with their Russian and Chinese counterparts.
“Any settlement for the Iranian nuclear program should include enrichment because it is our right and we will never give up,” Araghchi told Fox. Iran will also maintain its missile program, which is “still in very good shape” despite Israel’s attacks on Iranian air defense.
“That’s our most reliable way of defense,” Araghchi said. “I can tell you that our missiles are discouraging in nature, they are for defense, not an insult, and I can assure you that Iranian missiles will never have a nuclear head.”
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