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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Iran supreme leader rejects US nuclear proposal, vows to keep enriching uranium - Reuters
by Reuters
The issue of uranium enrichment has been a sticking point in negotiations between the US and Iran.
Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, US President Donald Trump. (illustration)(photo credit: Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla, IIPA, Handout)
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
said on Wednesday Tehran will not abandon its uranium enrichment,
rejecting a key US demand aimed at resolving a decades-long nuclear
dispute, that he said was against the Islamic Republic’s interests.
The
US proposal for a new nuclear deal was presented to Iran on Saturday by
Oman, which has mediated talks between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas
Araqchi and President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff.
After five round of talks, several hard-to-bridge issues remain, including Iran's insistence on maintaining uranium enrichment
on its soil and Tehran's refusal to ship abroad its entire existing
stockpile of highly enriched uranium - possible raw material for nuclear
bombs.
"Uranium
enrichment is the key to our nuclear programme and the enemies have
focused on the enrichment," Khamenei said in a televised speech. The US
proposal "contradicts our nation's belief in self-reliance and the
principle of 'We Can'," he said.
"The
rude and arrogant leaders of America repeatedly demand that we should
not have a nuclear programme. Who are you to decide whether Iran should
have an enrichment?," he added.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (credit: AFP PHOTO / HO / KHAMENEI.IR)
"No
enrichment, no deal. No nuclear weapons, we have a deal." Iranian
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on Twitter/X on Wednesday
afternoon.
"Iran
has paid dearly for these capabilities, and there is no scenario in
which we will give up on the patriots who make our dream come true."
There is a reason why only a few nations master the ability to fuel nuclear reactors. Apart from significant financial resources and political vision, it requires a solid industrial base and a technological-academic complex that can produce necessary human resources and know-how.…
Iran claims it wants nuclear technology for peaceful purposes
Tehran
says it wants to master nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and
has long denied accusations by Western powers that it is seeking to
develop nuclear weapons.
On
Monday, Reuters reported Tehran was poised to reject the US proposal on
the grounds that it was a "non-starter" that failed to soften
Washington's stance on uranium enrichment or to address Tehran's
interests.
Trump
has revived his "maximum pressure" campaign against Tehran since his
return to the White House in January, which included tightening
sanctions and threatening to bomb Iran if the negotiations yield no
deal.
During
his first term in 2018, Trump ditched Tehran's 2015 nuclear pact with
six powers and reimposed sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy.
Iran responded by escalating enrichment far beyond the pact's limits.
Iran's arch-foe Israel, which sees Iran's nuclear programme
as an existential threat, has repeatedly threatened to bomb the Islamic
Republic's nuclear facilities to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear
weapons.
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