{"id":302027,"date":"2026-02-21T01:23:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T01:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/302027\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T01:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T01:23:31","slug":"iranian-fm-says-iran-unwilling-to-halt-nuclear-enrichment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/302027\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian FM says Iran unwilling to halt nuclear enrichment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi<\/a> claimed that the United States has not requested Iran permanently discontinue nuclear enrichment in an interview with MS NOW\u2019s Joe Scarborough on Friday.<\/p>\n

Host Scarborough probed Araghchi on previous US requests for Iran to halt all nuclear enrichment<\/a>, a push that US officials have repeatedly reiterated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have not offered any suspension, and the US side has not asked for zero enrichment,\u201d Araghchi responded. \u201cWhat we are now talking about is how to make sure that Iran’s nuclear program, including enrichment, is peaceful and will remain peaceful forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Araghchi additionally claimed that Iran was willing to implement \u201cconfidence-building measures\u201d to \u201censure that Iran’s program cannot even be diverted to non-peaceful purposes\u201d such as the possible construction of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

He cited technical commitments, technical measures, and political commitments as such confidence-building measures, adding that the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, has been involved in recent US-Iran nuclear negotiations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite movement towards a deal, Araghchi added that Iran is prepared for war with the US<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are prepared for war, and we are prepared for peace. We are prepared for diplomacy, and we are prepared for negotiation as much as we are prepared for war,\u201d Araghchi emphasized.<\/p>\n

Araghchi additionally stated that a diplomatic solution to the nuclear issue is within reach and \u201ccan be achieved in a very short period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA fair and equitable deal, I believe, is achievable, but we need some sort of creativity and flexibility by both sides so a deal is at our reach,\u201d he said, adding that he believes \u201cthere is no military solution for Iran’s nuclear program.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed that the United States has not requested Iran permanently discontinue nuclear enrichment…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[50433,42,87,92,43,40,38,41,39,1032],"class_list":["post-302027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-abbas-araghchi","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-iran-nuclear","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}