Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X that “Iran has every right to possess the full nuclear fuel cycle,“ citing Tehran’s long-standing membership of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Under the NPT, signatory states are obliged to declare their nuclear stockpiles and place them under the supervision of the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Iran and the United States have engaged in nuclear talks since April 12, their highest-level contact since Washington withdrew from a landmark deal with Tehran in 2018, during Donald Trump's first term as US president.
In a Thursday interview with Fox News, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Iran to “walk away” from enrichment, saying that “the only countries in the world that enrich uranium are the ones that have nuclear weapons.”
The stockpile remains a concern for Western powers.
Iran rejected the comments from France -- a signatory to the 2015 nuclear deal -- as “simply absurd”.
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday that the enriched material “can be easily dissolved” or “shipped out” of Iran.
Rubio said Iran should allow inspections of its nuclear facilities, including by US experts.
Tehran has insisted that the talks with Washington be solely focused on the nuclear issue and the lifting of sanctions, ruling out negotiations on its regional influence and military capabilities.
Araghchi responded by accusing Netanyahu of “dictating” US policy.
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