Iran’s FM says nation currently not enriching uranium due to attacks

Iran’s foreign minister says that Tehran is currently not enriching uranium.

Answering a question from an Associated Press journalist visiting Iran, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi offers the most direct response yet from the Iranian government regarding its nuclear program following the bombing of its enrichment sites by Israel and the United States in June.

“There is no undeclared nuclear enrichment in Iran. All of our facilities are under the safeguards and monitoring” of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Araghchi says. “There is no enrichment right now because our facilities — our enrichment facilities — have been attacked.”

Asked what it would take for Iran to continue negotiations with the US and others, Araghchi says that Iran’s message on its nuclear program remains “clear.”

“Iran’s right for enrichment, for peaceful use of nuclear technology, including enrichment, is undeniable,” the foreign minister continued. “We have this right and we continue to exercise that and we hope that the international community, including the United States, recognize our rights and understand that this is an inalienable right of Iran and we would never give up our rights.”