11-May-2025 04:58 PM
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Tehran, May 11 (Reporter) Iranian Foreign Minister Sayyid Abbas Araghchi has stated that Tehran won't back down on its nuclear rights in its negotiations with the United States, ahead of the fourth round of discussions in Oman.
Speaking at the fourth Arab-Iranian Dialogue Conference in Doha, Araghchi reiterated that Iran has always been a committed member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation and maintains its right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy, including uranium enrichment.
"We are not seeking nuclear weapons, and weapons of mass destruction have no place in Iran's security doctrine," he affirmed, as per Xinhua. "For this reason, we were among the initiators of the creation of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the West Asian region."
Araghchi stressed that Iran continues to engage in talks with the US, as well as other countries, in good faith.
“I have always said that if the… purpose of a deal is to …ensure that Iran would never have (a nuclear) weapon that is already granted… and a deal would be at our reach," he said in an interview with Al Jazeera.
“But if there are unrealistic…demands by the other side, then we are going to have problems”, he said.
Araghchi’s Gulf tour on Saturday followed Tehran’s confirmation of progress in the latest round of talks on Friday. “The negotiations are moving forward, and naturally, the further we go, the more consultations and reviews are needed,” he said, according to Iranian state media.
Iranian and U.S. delegations have held three rounds of indirect talks so far -- the first and third in Muscat, capital of Oman on April 12 and April 26, and the second in Italy's Rome on April 19...////...