Iran has said that it intends to continue its nuclear program even after the war with Israel, DPA reported, quoted by BTA.
“As long as the Islamic Republic of Iran is a member of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, it should be able to exercise its rights“, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghai said today.
“Iran's rights as a member of this treaty are completely clear – including the right to peaceful use of nuclear energy“, Baghai pointed out.
Israel attacked Iran on June 13, bombing targets across the country. The Israeli government cited Iran's controversial nuclear program and suspicions that the Islamic country is planning to build a nuclear bomb as the reason. Iran denies this and has responded with missile and drone attacks on Israel.
After a 12-day war, during which the United States intervened and struck three Iranian nuclear sites, a ceasefire is now in effect.
Bagai also said that the new Iranian law, which temporarily suspends cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is binding on his government. He rejected the IAEA's requests for access to Iranian nuclear facilities.
“How can we be expected to guarantee the safety of the agency's inspectors under conditions where peaceful Iranian nuclear facilities were attacked just five or six days ago?“, he added.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry earlier told the BBC that Iran insisted on being allowed to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes.
US President Donald Trump said he would certainly consider bombing Iran again if the country enriched uranium to a higher level.