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Iran Warns Will Not Give Up Uranium Enrichment Despite US War Threat


(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Iran will never surrender the right to enrich uranium, even if war "is imposed on us", its foreign minister said Sunday, defying pressure from Washington.

"Iran has paid a very heavy price for its peaceful nuclear programme and for uranium enrichment," Abbas Araghchi told a forum in Tehran.

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"Why do we insist so much on enrichment and refuse to give it up even if a war is imposed on us? Because no one has the right to dictate our behaviour," he said, two days after he met US envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman.

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