Iran will not give up the nuclear program, remains “prepared” for the future Israeli fight
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian doubled Téhéran’s refusal to abandon his nuclear program on Wednesday and said that Iran was “fully prepared” for a renewed fight with Israel.
The comments of the Iranian president intervened only two days after the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tehran confirmed to Fox News that Iran will not abandon his enrichment program, but continues to claim that Tehran is not interested in developing a nuclear weapon.
“(American president Donald) Trump says that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon and that we accept this because we reject nuclear weapons and that it is our political, religious, humanitarian and strategic position”, ” Pezeshkian said In an interview with Al Jazeera.
President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran remains “prepared” for a renewed conflict with Israel. (Iranian Presidency / Anadolu via Getty Images)
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“We believe in diplomacy, so all future negotiations must comply with a win-win logic, and we will not accept threats and dictations,” he added.
Pezeshkian also said that Trump’s repeated statements that the United States “has erased” Iran’s nuclear program has been “just an illusion”.
“Our nuclear capacities are in the minds of our scientists and not in the facilities,” he said.
The American strikes – which came only a few days after Israel has targeted the main military personalities and nuclear scientists – would have set up up to two years in Iran’s nuclear program.
But security experts told Fox News Digital that Iran continues to have important military strike capacities, and questions remain on the question of whether Iran has successfully moved any uranium enriched out of site before Washington strikes.
Pezeshkian admitted the blow that Israel brought against his senior officials, but said that he had “completely failed” to “eliminate” the hierarchy of the Iranian nuclear program.
He also warned that Iran was ready to face Jerusalem if another conflict bursts.
“We are fully prepared for any new Israeli military move, and our armed forces are ready to strike again inside Israel,” said Pezeshkian.
Fire and smoke rises in the sky after an Israeli attack on Shahran oil deposit on June 15, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. (Images Stringer / Getty)
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Iran and Israel are still operating under a cease-fire negotiated by the United States and Qatar after the war last month, but the Iranian president said he was not convinced that this truce will hold.
“We are not very optimistic about it,” said Pezeshkian.
“This is why we have prepared for any possible and potential answer. Israel has hurt us, and we also injured it,” he added. “He made us powerful blows, and we hit him hard in his depths, but he hides his losses.”
Delegations from France, Germany and the United Kingdom (E3) should go to Tehran on Friday to discuss nuclear negotiations.
The E3 visit will only take place three days after officials from Russia and China, who are also signatories to the 2015 full joint action plan (JCPAO), went on Tuesday to discuss the negotiations and how Iran can avoid sanctions, although the details of the talks remain unknown.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is with Russian Foreign Deputy Minister Sergey Ryabkov, and Iranian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kazem Gharibada, before a meeting on March 14, 2025, in Beijing. (Pool via Reuters)
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Iran began to initiate international conferences after the E3 last week threatened to use Snapback sanctions – which would see the entire UN Security Council of 15 members apply strict economic ramifications – if Iran does not conclude a nuclear agreement by the end of August.
The deadline is consistent with the time required for the signatories of JCPOA to recall the Snapback sanctions before the expiration date of October 18 when the economic tool can no longer be used en masse according to the terms of 2015 of the agreement.
