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Iran will not give up uranium enrichment, the country's vice president said

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Iran's Vice President and head of the Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, confirmed that the country has no plans to stop uranium enrichment or transfer its reserves, despite President Pezeshkian's statements about his readiness for negotiations.

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Iran is negotiating its nuclear program amid international concerns over the level of uranium enrichment. President Pezeshkian has previously expressed his readiness to comply with the provisions of the NPT.

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Iran's Vice President and head of the country's Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, said that Iran does not intend to abandon uranium enrichment.

The President of the Islamic Republic, Masoud Pezeshkian, said that Tehran is ready to abandon its reserves of uranium enriched to 60%, within the framework of the provisions of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

TEHRAN, Oct 8 - RIA Novosti. Iran does not intend to abandon uranium enrichment and transfer enriched uranium, said Iranian Vice President and head of the country's Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami.

“Enrichment is an integral part of nuclear processes, we in no case intend to abandon it,” the official said, as quoted by the Iranian SNN channel.

When asked about the possible transfer of enriched uranium, the head of the AEOI responded negatively, noting that there was no talk of this.

Open Questions

How will the positions of the president and the head of the UAEI be coordinated?
What will be the IAEA's reaction to the refusal to transfer uranium reserves?