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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
TEHRAN, May 20 (Xinhua) — Uranium enrichment in Iran is non-negotiable, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said at a weekly press conference on Monday, commenting on the remarks by U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for the Middle East Steven Witkoff.
“We have one very, very clear red line and that is enrichment, and we cannot allow [Iran] to have even one percent of the enrichment capability,” he said in an interview with the American television channel ABC News on Sunday.
“We are not asking anyone for permission to enrich uranium on Iranian territory, and the United States is not in a position to give or not give permission to any country with respect to this right provided for in the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT),” said E. Baghaei.
To claim that any country that wants to enrich uranium has non-peaceful purposes is a “deliberate misconception” aimed at distorting public opinion, he stressed. “There are states that enrich uranium but do not possess nuclear weapons,” the diplomat added.
After each round of indirect talks with the US, Iran “feels that progress has been made and we at least understand each other’s points of view, but unfortunately, upon arrival in Washington, the American side expresses different positions,” noted E. Baghaei. –0–