Iran: We will not give up our right to enrich uranium

According to Iran's Fars News Agency, Islami, who made a statement to the press in the capital Tehran, answered a question about the possibility of his country giving up uranium enrichment activities.

Islami said, "Absolutely not. Enrichment is an integral part of the nuclear process. How can you claim to have a nuclear industry without having the starting point of the process?" he said.

Describing the nuclear industry as the "driving engine" of science and technology, İslami said, "The USA itself and the current President (Donald) Trump have also included nuclear technology among the priorities of development in the national development, security and defense document. All countries are rapidly following nuclear technology." he said.

"Progress in the field of science is the right of the Iranian people and we will not step back," Islami said. he said.

US Vice President James David Vance said in his statement the other day that Iran should "significantly" reduce its nuclear enrichment activities in order to "meet the demands" of the United States and end the war that has been going on for 7 months between the two countries.

Iran limited its uranium enrichment rate to 3.67 percent within the framework of the nuclear agreement signed in 2015. In the period after US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew his country from the nuclear agreement in 2018 and reinstated sanctions, Tehran increased its uranium enrichment rate to 60 percent.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Erakchi stated that he was ready to reduce uranium enrichment activities during the ongoing negotiations with Washington before the war that started with the US-Israeli attacks on February 28, but that he would not accept the US's demand for "zero enrichment" at that time.

It cannot be confirmed whether Iran has restarted its uranium enrichment activities following the damage to Iran's major nuclear facilities during the war.