{"id":136496,"date":"2025-11-16T15:20:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/136496\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T15:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:20:16","slug":"iran-says-it-has-not-been-able-to-enrich-uranium-since-israeli-and-us-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/136496\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran says it has not been able to enrich uranium since Israeli and US strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) \u2014 Iran\u2019s foreign minister said on Sunday that Tehran is no longer enriching uranium<\/a> at any site in the country due to the strikes carried out by Israel and the US.<\/p>\n

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 program following Israel and the United States\u2019 bombing its enrichment sites in June.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no undeclared nuclear enrichment in Iran. All of our facilities are under the safeguards and monitoring\u201d of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Araghchi said. \u201cThere is no enrichment right now because our facilities \u2014 our enrichment facilities \u2014 have been attacked.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked what it would take for Iran to continue negotiations with the US and others, Araghchi said that Iran\u2019s message on its nuclear program remains \u201cclear.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s right for enrichment, for peaceful use of nuclear technology, including enrichment, is undeniable,\u201d the foreign minister continued. \u201cWe have this right and we continue to exercise that and we hope that the international community, including the United States, recognizes our rights and understands that this is an inalienable right of Iran and we would never give up our rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Araghchi said Washington\u2019s current approach toward Tehran does not indicate any readiness for \u201cequal and fair negotiations\u201d after US President Donald Trump hinted last week at potential discussions.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tThis graphic image compares Iran\u2019s Fordo nuclear facility before and after the United States bombed the site on June 22, 2025. (AP Graphic)<\/p>\n

Tehran and Washington underwent five rounds of indirect nuclear talks prior to the 12-day war, but faced obstacles such as the issue of domestic uranium enrichment, which the US wants Iran to forgo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe US cannot expect to gain what it couldn\u2019t in war through negotiations,\u201d Araghchi said. \u201cIran will always be prepared to engage in diplomacy, but not negotiations meant for dictation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

During the same conference, deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh accused Washington of pursuing its wartime goals with \u201cnegotiations as a show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran, which avowedly seeks Israel\u2019s destruction, denies trying to attain nuclear weapons, but it has enriched uranium to levels that have no peaceful application, obstructed international inspectors from checking its nuclear facilities, and expanded its ballistic missile capabilities. The Islamic Republic took steps toward weaponization shortly before Israel launched its military operation against the program in June, according to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tThis handout photo released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) on November 10, 2025 shows Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi during a visit to a facility in Tehran. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran \/ AFP)<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s strikes in June targeted Iran\u2019s top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites, and ballistic missile program. The US joined in, launching attacks on Iran\u2019s heavily fortified underground nuclear sites. More than 1,000 people died in Iran.<\/p>\n

Iran retaliated to Israel\u2019s strikes by launching over 500 ballistic missiles and around 1,100 drones at Israel.<\/p>\n

The attacks killed 32 people and wounded over 3,000 in Israel, according to health officials and hospitals.<\/p>\n

The view from Tehran<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s government issued a three-day visa for the AP reporter to attend a summit alongside other journalists from major British outlets and other media.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Institute for Political and International Studies, affiliated with the country\u2019s Foreign Ministry, hosted the summit. Titled \u201cInternational Law Under Assault: Aggression and Self-Defense,\u201d the conference included papers by Iranian political analysts offering Tehran\u2019s view of the 12-day war in June, many seizing on comments from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz praising Israel for having done the West\u2019s \u201cdirty work\u201d in launching its attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s defensive response was remarkable, inspiring, historic and above all, pure,\u201d wrote Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour, an international relations professor. \u201cHow can one possibly compare Israel\u2019s dirty deeds to the noble and clean actions of the Iranian nation?\u201d<\/p>\n

Images of children allegedly killed by Israel during the war lined the walkway outside the summit, held inside the Martyr General Qassem Soleimani Building, named for the Revolutionary Guard expeditionary leader killed by a US drone strike in 2020.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tIranians visit an exhibition showcasing missile and drone achievements in Tehran on November 12, 2025. (Photo by ATTA KENARE \/ AFP)<\/p>\n

But Iran finds itself in a difficult moment after the war. Israel decimated the country\u2019s air defense systems, potentially leaving the door open to further airstrikes as tensions remain high over Tehran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, economic pressures and societal change continue to challenge Iran\u2019s Shiite theocracy, which so far has held off on making decisions on whether to enforce its mandatory hijab laws or raise the price of government-subsidized gasoline, both of which have sparked nationwide protests in the past.<\/p>\n

Times of Israel staff and Reuters contributed to this report.<\/p>\n


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