Abbas Araghchi says Tehran will not bow to US pressure to abandon its nuclear program

Iran will not stop uranium enrichment regardless of any pressure from the US and its allies, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said.

The diplomat told Al Jazeera on Saturday that US and Israeli airstrikes in June had failed to knock out the enrichment program, which Iran maintains is entirely civilian. While some “nuclear materials remain buried under the rubble,” the technology “remains intact,” he said.

“We cannot stop uranium enrichment, and what is not achieved by war cannot be achieved through political means,” Araghchi said.

He added that Iran remains…

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