Pezeshkian’s comments follow five rounds of talks between the Iranian regime and the administration of American President Donald Trump since April, intended to hatch out an agreement on Iran’s nuclear development. The government of Oman has mediated those talks and hosted four of the five; the fifth took place in Rome. The White House has repeatedly stated that the objective of the talks is to stop Iran’s uranium enrichment and its illicit nuclear weapons program, while Iranian officials state that the only goal of the negotiations is to convince Washington to lift its onerous sanctions on the country’s oil industry.
“We will never stop uranium enrichment to use for diagnostics and treatment, health, agriculture, and industry, because [enrichment] is our right based on international law,” the president said in the interview with Oman TV, which occurred in the context of his visit to the country. The Iranian state outlet PressTV, which translated the interview, added that Pezeshkian claimed that “no one can deny Iran its right to enrichment, because science belongs to all people who have the right to use technology and scientific capabilities.” (Read more)
