
Secretary-General Mohsen Rezai emphasizes building trust as a condition of negotiation during meeting with Pakistan Army Commander-in-Chief
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Nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States have been stalled for a long time due to lack of trust and sanctions issues.
Mohsen Rezai, Secretary-General of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), met with the highest-ranking Pakistani official mediating the end-of-war negotiations with the United States and confirmed that there would be no export of enriched uranium out of the country.
According to Iran's state-run IRIB broadcaster, Secretary-General Rezai met with Pakistan Army Commander-in-Chief Asim Munir, who was visiting the country on the 20th (local time), and said, "Not a single handful of enriched nuclear material will leave Iran."
Secretary-General Rezai emphasized, “These materials are great assets and national wealth for the Iranian people to use domestically.”
He added that all Iranian citizens and officials are unanimous that there will be no negotiations unless the United States builds trust, and the beginning of building this trust is implementing Iran's demands.
Noor News reported that Commander-in-Chief Munir also met with Iranian President Massoud Fezezhikian on this day to discuss mediation efforts and the situation in the region.

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