Iran’s nuclear chief, Mohammed Eslami, has reaffirmed Tehran’s right to enrich uranium ahead of any potential peace talks with the United States.
Speaking on Thursday at a memorial service for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Eslami rejected U.S. demands that Iran halt uranium enrichment, telling the Iranian news agency ISNA, “Those are their wishes, and those wishes will be buried,” referring to the U.S.
Negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme had already been ongoing before the recent conflict, with the U.S. aiming to prevent Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon. Iran, however, maintains that its nuclear activities are for peaceful purposes, even as it continues uranium enrichment.
Following a two-week ceasefire announced by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, officials from both countries are expected to meet in Islamabad on Friday to discuss a potential long-term peace agreement.
The logic of the attempt to hold a nation from meeting its safety and security needs, (in our world as it is) is not clear to me.
Those who have (and comfort from the possession) want to hold forceful proxy for others; it can’t work.
Iran will get there and it will not even be the only one.