Kayhan, a state-run newspaper overseen by a representative of Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iranian regime, referred to the postponement of talks with the United States this week and wrote that uranium enrichment under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is “Iran’s explicit right” and that the “shameless possessors and users of atomic bombs” cannot deprive NPT members of the right to the “peaceful production of enriched uranium.”
The NPT is the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
Kayhan wrote: “The Iranian side may be willing to reduce the level of enrichment to a non-military threshold and allow independent verification of this reduction, but it will never submit to complete nuclear disarmament.”
The newspaper referred to previous agreements with the United States as “blackmail by the first Obama administration” regarding the 20% fuel for the Tehran reactor and the sabotage in acquiring it and wrote that this experience showed that “dependence on the enemy” in this area is wrong and irrational.
This editorial, referring to the fate of the negotiations, wrote: “No miracle should be expected. What remains is not a golden opportunity but the last strand of hope: that Donald Trump turns back from a path that clearly leads to disaster. A path that, if he insists on continuing, will not only result in a chain of astonishing failures in foreign policy but will also shatter the image of the genius dealmaker.”
The Iranian regime’s foreign minister: Tehran Has the Right to Possess the Full Nuclear Fuel Cycle
On the evening of Friday, May 2, Abbas Araghchi, the regime’s foreign minister, wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that Iran has the full right to possess the complete nuclear fuel cycle.
He said that several countries that are signatories to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of nuclear weapons, including several in Asia, Europe, and South America, fully reject nuclear weapons and still engage in uranium enrichment.
Araghchi added: “Taking maximalist positions and using provocative language yields nothing but a reduced chance of success. Reaching a credible and lasting agreement is entirely within reach; all it needs is firm political will and a fair approach.”
