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Iran Will Not Back Down From Nuclear Rights, Foreign Minister Says

Iran Will Not Back Down From Nuclear Rights, Foreign Minister Says

Quick Reads Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. Iran will not concede its nuclear rights, according to foreign minister Araqchi. He spoke in Doha before upcoming nuclear talks with the US in Oman. Iran’s right to uranium enrichment is deemed non-negotiable by Tehran. Dubai: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday that if the United States’ goal is to deprive Iran of its “nuclear rights”, Tehran will never back down over those rights. Araqchi was speaking in Doha a day ahead of another round of planned nuclear talks between Iran and the US in Oman. “If the goal of the negotiations is to deprive Iran of its nuclear rights, I state clearly that Iran will not back down from any of its rights,” state media quoted Araqchi as saying. Iran has repeatedly said its right to enrich uranium is non-negotiable and has ruled out a “zero enrichment” demand by some US officials. But U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, said in an interview on Friday that Iran’s “enrichment facilities have to be …