Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that Tehran is willing to give written assurances that it is not seeking to build nuclear weapons, but made clear that Iran will not give up what it regards as its right to enrich uranium, even as talks with the United States continue. Speaking ahead of a fresh round of negotiations between Iranian and US officials in Switzerland, Pezeshkian said Iran’s stance on uranium enrichment had not changed despite the memorandum of understanding recently signed between the two countries.
“What the United States demands is that Iran not build an atomic bomb. This is nothing new, and we can also state in writing that we have no intention of building a bomb,” Pezeshkian said, according to remarks carried on his official website. At the same time, he stressed that Tehran would not step back from its enrichment programme.
“We will not relinquish our right to enrichment, and the other side will have no choice but to accept this right,” he said. Pezeshkian also defended the preliminary agreement struck between Tehran and Washington, arguing that its terms favoured Iran and that the gains from the negotiations would become clearer with time.
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Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported that the president said the memorandum of understanding included provisions that would benefit Tehran, among them the return of Iranian funds currently held abroad. “All provisions of the memorandum of understanding are in our favour, and the achievements of these talks and negotiations will become evident,” he said.
Pezeshkian also said that $6 billion belonging to Iran, currently held in Qatar, would be returned under the agreement. “Our $6bn in Qatar will be returned,” he said.
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