Iran’s FM: Our nuclear program cannot be destroyed militarily, we won’t negotiate under pressure

Iran’s nuclear program cannot be destroyed in a military attack, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi tells AFP, following a threat by Israel.

“Iran’s nuclear program cannot be destroyed through military operations… this is a technology that we have achieved, and the technology is in the brains and cannot be bombed,” he says in an interview on the sidelines of an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation meeting in Jeddah.

According to Araghchi, Iran will not resume nuclear negotiations with the United States while President Donald Trump applies his “maximum pressure” policy.

“We will not enter any direct negotiations with the US so long as they continue their maximum pressure policy and their threats,” he says.

He also says an Israeli attack on Iran would set off a wider conflict in the Middle East.

“I believe that if an attack on Iran were to take place, this attack could turn into a widespread fire in the region — not that we will do that,” Araqchi adds.