Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian declared Friday that while Iran seeks peace, it will not be coerced into giving up its nuclear and missile programs, Reuters reported, citing Iranian state media. “We are willing to hold talks under international frameworks, but not if they say you can't have a (nuclear) science, or the right to defend yourself (with missiles) or else we will bomb you,” Pezeshkian said.
His remarks came a day after US President Donald Trump stated that Iran had been asking whether American sanctions could be lifted. Iran has consistently rejected negotiations over its missile program and refuses to halt uranium enrichment on its soil.
“We want to live in this world in peace and security, but not be humiliated, and it is not acceptable that they impose upon us whatever they want and we just serve them,” Pezeshkian added. “They supply arms to Israel while they tell us not to have missiles for defence, then they bomb us whenever they want. Tehran and Washington held five rounds of nuclear talks prior to the 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June, during which the US joined the fighting by striking key Iranian nuclear sites. (Read More)
