The Iranian Foreign Ministry reiterated today that Tehran has the "indisputable right" to enrich uranium to a level that is nevertheless "negotiable", reported Agence France-Presse, quoted by BTA.
The right to a civilian nuclear program cannot be "challenged under pressure or through war", said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei during his weekly press conference.
"As for the level and type of enrichment, we have always said that the issue is negotiable. We insisted that Iran should be able to continue enrichment according to its needs," he added, calling it an "indisputable" right.
A Pakistani delegation is likely to arrive in Iran today to deliver messages from the US to Tehran as part of the continuation of negotiations between the two countries, Baghaei said, adding that the exchange of messages with the US side continued after the Iranian delegation returned from the US-Iranian talks in Pakistan on Saturday.
"Consultations are being held only through Pakistani intermediaries," the spokesman added, quoted by Mehr news agency.
"During the last negotiations, the other side shared its views, which we believe were unreasonable and unrealistic," Baghaei noted.
Iran and the US held talks in Islamabad on Saturday. The Iranian delegation was led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, while the American delegation was led by Vice President J.D. Vance. The two sides failed to reach an agreement due to a number of disagreements.