Iran warns will not give up enrichment despite US war threat
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on as he speaks during the 17th edition of the Al-Jazeera Forum in Doha, Feb. 7. AFP-Yonhap
By AFP
TEHRAN — Iran will never surrender the right to enrich uranium, even if war "is imposed on us," its foreign minister said Sunday, defying pressure from Washington.
"Iran has paid a very heavy price for its peaceful nuclear programme and for uranium enrichment," Abbas Araghchi told a forum in Tehran.
"Why do we insist so much on enrichment and refuse to give it up even if a war is imposed on us? Because no one has the right to dictate our behaviour," he said, two days after he met U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman.