Tehran- Iran's foreign minister on Sunday said that Tehran is no longer enriching uranium at any site in the country, trying to signal to the West that it remains open to potential negotiations over its atomic programme.

Answering a question from an Associated Press journalist visiting Iran, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi offered the most direct response yet from the Iranian government regarding its nuclear programme following Israel and the United States' bombing of its enrichment sites in June during its 12-day war.

“There is no undeclared nuclear enrichment in Iran. All of our facilities are under the safeguards and monitoring” of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Araghchi said.“There is no enrichment right now because our facilities - our enrichment facilities - have been attacked.”

Iran says it is threatened over accessing bombed sites

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Asked what it would take for Iran to continue negotiations with the US and others, Araghchi said that Iran's message on its nuclear programme remains“clear.”

“Iran's right for enrichment, for peaceful use of nuclear technology, including enrichment, is undeniable,” the foreign minister continued.“We have this right and we continue to exercise that and we hope that the international community, including the United States, recognise our rights and understand that this is an inalienable right of Iran and we would never give up our rights.”

Iran's government issued a three-day visa for the AP reporter to attend a summit alongside other journalists from major British outlets and other media.

Mohammad Eslami, the head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, also attended the summit and told those gathered there that Tehran had been threatened over potentially accessing the bombed enrichment sites. Satellite pictures analysed by the AP over the months since the attack show that Iran hasn't done any major work at the sites at Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz.

“Our security situation hasn't yet changed. If you watch the news, you see that every day we are being threatened with another attack,” Eslami said.“Every day we are told if you touch anything you'll be attacked.”

Iran had been enriching uranium up to 60 per cent purity - a short, technical step from weapons-grade levels - after US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers in 2018.

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