Iran says that it can restart the enrichment of uranium in spite of us, the Israeli strikes

Iran still has the ability to enrich uranium – despite the American and Israeli strikes – and could restart its nuclear program if it wanted, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tehran.

While the United States has struck three main Iranian nuclear sites, Israel has destroyed a large part of its air defenses, withdrew the best military commanders and killed at least 13 nuclear scientists and more than 1,000 people, according to figures issued by Tehran. Israel claims to have killed 30 senior security officials and 11 best nuclear scientists.

“Buildings can be reconstructed. Machines can be replaced because technology is there. We have many scientists and technicians working in our facilities,” said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in a recent interview with the Financial Times.

“But when and how we restart our enrichment depends on the circumstances.”

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“Buildings can be reconstructed. Machines can be replaced because technology is there. We have many scientists and technicians working in our facilities,” said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. (Getty Images)

Washington argues that he has inflicted significant damage to the two main Iranium enrichment sites from Iran, Fordow and Natanz, and dismissed missiles that made the installation of Isfahan essentially inoperable, reputable the nuclear program of Iran “years”.

Now, the world is looking to see if Iran and the West will be able to conclude an agreement which guarantees that Iran does not work towards a nuclear weapon in exchange for relief of sanctions.

Araghchi said the United States had to offer funds to Iran to compensate for strikes last month in order to move forward with negotiations.

“They should explain why they attacked us in the midst of … negotiations, and they must make sure they will not repeat this (during future talks),” said Araghchi. “They must compensate (Iran for) the damage they have caused.”

Araghchi said that the so-called 12-day war “proved that there was no military solution for the Iranian nuclear program”.

Araghchi also said that strikes had caused the regime’s calls to arm the nuclear program of Iran, but that Iran would continue to respect a two decades of nuclear weapons.

Trump said the United States had finished a “very successful” strike against Iranian nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, saying that Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities had been “erased”. (Fox News)

“Anti-negotiation feelings are very high,” said Araghchi. “People say to me:” Do not waste your time anymore, don’t be deceived by them … If they come to negotiations, it is only a concealment for their other intentions. “”

The Minister repeated Iran’s insistence not to give up his ability to enrich uranium for civil ends – a collision point for Washington. “With zero enrichment, we have nothing.”

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The White House could not be reached immediately to comment on the remarks of Araghchi.

Israeli officials admitted that some of the highly enriched uranium stocks have survived the attacks.

The European powers have threatened to trigger United Nations “snapback” sanctions against Iran if there is no breakthrough in nuclear talks.

View of a damaged building of Israeli strikes aimed at eliminating nuclear scientists and military officials. (Majid Saeedi / Getty Images)

All current members of the 2015 nuclear agreement, the Complete Complete Action Plan – France, the United Kingdom, Germany, China and Russia – can invoke the Snapback mechanism if they determine that Iran has not maintained its end of the agreement. The United States cannot trigger sanctions because it has retired from the agreement and has promulgated unilateral “maximum pressure” sanctions under the first administration of Trump.

The United States has expressed more pressure on Tehran this week with new sanctions against the country’s oil network and the military drone company.

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European diplomats met Iran to relay how it could avoid sanpback sanctions, in particular in resumption of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to monitor its compliance with nuclear limits.

Araghchi said Iran would stop negotiating with Europe if they were to trigger sanctions. “If they come back, it means that it is the end of the road for them.”