Iranian International Minister Abbas Araghchi, middle, attends a convention titled “Worldwide Legislation Underneath Assault: Aggression and Self-Protection,” in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025.
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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s overseas minister on Sunday stated that Tehran is not enriching uranium at any web site within the nation.
Answering a query from an Related Press journalist visiting Iran, International Minister Abbas Araghchi supplied probably the most direct response but from the Iranian authorities concerning its nuclear program following Israel and the US’ bombing its enrichment websites in June.
“There is no such thing as a undeclared nuclear enrichment in Iran. All of our services are beneath the safeguards and monitoring” of the Worldwide Atomic Power Company, Araghchi stated. “There is no such thing as a enrichment proper now as a result of our services — our enrichment services — have been attacked.”
Requested what it could take for Iran to proceed negotiations with the U.S. and others, Araghchi stated that Iran’s message on its nuclear program stays “clear.”
“Iran’s proper for enrichment, for peaceable use of nuclear know-how, together with enrichment, is plain,” the overseas minister continued. “We’ve this proper and we proceed to train that and we hope that the worldwide neighborhood, together with the US, acknowledge our rights and perceive that that is an inalienable proper of Iran and we might by no means hand over our rights.”
Iran’s authorities issued a three-day visa for the AP reporter to attend a summit alongside different journalists from main British shops and different media.
Iran’s Institute for Political and Worldwide Research, affiliated with the nation’s International Ministry, hosted the summit. Titled “Worldwide Legislation Underneath Assault: Aggression and Self-Protection,” the convention included papers by Iranian political analysts providing Tehran’s view of the 12-day warfare in June, many seizing on feedback from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz praising Israel for having executed the “soiled work” in launching its assault.
“Iran’s defensive response was exceptional, inspiring, historic and above all, pure,” wrote Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour, a world relations professor. “How can one presumably examine Israel’s soiled deeds to the noble and clear actions of the Iranian nation?”
Photos of kids killed by Israel throughout the warfare lined the walkway outdoors the summit, held contained in the Martyr Common Qassem Soleimani Constructing, named for the Revolutionary Guard expeditionary chief killed by a U.S. drone strike in 2020.
However Iran finds itself in a tough second after the warfare. Israel decimated the nation’s air protection methods, probably leaving the door open to additional airstrikes as tensions stay excessive over Tehran’s nuclear program. In the meantime, financial pressures and societal change continues to problem Iran’s Shiite theocracy, which to this point has held off on making selections on whether or not to implement its necessary hijab legal guidelines or elevate the value of government-subsidized gasoline, each of which have sparked nationwide protests previously.
