Statements by the Leader of the Revolution regarding the negotiations in foreign media.
Reuters specifically covered the Leader of the Revolution’s stance on the ongoing indirect nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington on the anniversary of the death of Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Revolution.
Reuters wrote under the headline “Supreme Leader Rejects US Nuclear Demand, Commits to Continue Uranium Enrichment”: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei stressed on Wednesday that Tehran will not abandon uranium enrichment.
Referring to the leader’s statements, the news agency wrote: “Uranium enrichment is the key to our nuclear program, and the enemies are focused on enrichment. The US proposal contradicts our national belief in self-sufficiency and the principle of ‘we can’. The arrogant and belligerent US leaders have repeatedly demanded that we must not have a nuclear program. What do you care whether Iran has enrichment or not?”
According to Reuters, “The US proposal for a new nuclear deal with Iran was conveyed to Tehran via Oman on Saturday. After five rounds of negotiations, several highly contentious issues remain, including Iran’s insistence on enriching uranium within its territory and Tehran’s refusal to transfer all of its enriched uranium reserves.”
Tehran has repeatedly stressed that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear program is peaceful and civilian, and has consistently rejected Western powers’ baseless claims that Iran is trying to acquire nuclear weapons.
The Associated Press, echoing Ayatollah Khamenei’s words, wrote that the Leader of the Revolution described the US proposal as “100 percent opposed to the slogan ‘we can do it.’” The news agency quoted the Supreme Leader as saying: “The nuclear industry is not just for energy. It is a part of the benefits. It is a mother industry. Having a hundred nuclear power plants but not enriching them is of no use.”
The Washington Post also echoed the leadership’s statements and wrote that “the Supreme Leader of the Revolution criticized the US proposal in the nuclear talks.”
Earlier, without referring to the country’s contradictory positions during the nuclear talks with the Islamic Republic of Iran, US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said that despite efforts to reach a new nuclear agreement, the policy of maximum pressure on Tehran will remain in force!
After publishing reports about the country’s agreement to limited enrichment inside Iran, US President Donald Trump claimed on his social network called “Truth Social” that “no uranium enrichment will be allowed in a possible agreement with Tehran”!
Responding to a reporter’s comment that Trump’s message did not deny the aforementioned reports, Bruce claimed: When it comes to US policy, what matters is what Trump thinks and says. The president clarified and had the final say on the issue; There will be no uranium enrichment. Now, if you see reports about a deal, they are false. The president is leading the way.
Earlier, a senior Iranian official told the news website Axios that “Iran is ready to move forward with a nuclear deal with the United States around the idea of a regional uranium enrichment consortium, provided that the consortium is based on Iranian soil. If the consortium operates on Iranian territory, it may be worth considering. But if it is outside the country’s borders, it is doomed to fail.”
“This response suggests that Iran may not reject the Witkoff proposal outright, but rather may want to negotiate the details,” Axios wrote. The details of the proposal were first reported by Axios on Monday.
Abbas Araqchi, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, has emphasized, referring to Iran’s clear and explicit red lines, that “the issue of uranium enrichment is a scientific achievement for us, achieved by our scientists, and we cannot ignore this issue.”