Outlining Iran’s stance on cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Araqchi unequivocally rejected the attempts to push Iran toward ending its enrichment activities.
“We will in no way accept zero enrichment, because this matter has become a source of national honor and pride,” Araqchi said in an interview on Wednesday.
“We have paid heavy material and moral costs for it (uranium enrichment), and we have sacrificed numerous nuclear martyrs to preserve it. We consider any agreement aimed at reducing the enrichment level to zero a betrayal, and we will not submit to it,” he stated.
Addressing the framework of Iran’s cooperation with the IAEA, Araqchi added that Tehran’s engagement would be strictly limited to facilities that have not been targeted in the attacks launched by the Zionist regime and the US in June.
“In our interaction with the Agency, we have nothing to do with the bombed nuclear facilities and will cooperate only regarding those facilities that have not been bombed, and solely within the Agency’s regulations,” the foreign minister stated.