The director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami, stressed that Tehran will not give up its right to enrich uranium in possible peace talks with the United States, DPA reported, BTA reported.
Speaking on the sidelines of the memorial service for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, taking place today, Eslami rejected the demand that Iran give up uranium enrichment, the Iranian news agency ISNA reported.
“These are their wishes, and these wishes will be buried“, he said, referring to the United States.
Even before the war in the region began, representatives of Washington and Tehran were negotiating over Iran's controversial nuclear program Iran.
US President Donald Trump wants to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb, and Tehran denies it is working on a nuclear weapons program, although it is enriching uranium.
After Trump announced a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday, Iranian and US officials are expected to meet in Islamabad tomorrow to negotiate a long-term peace agreement.