Iran defies Trump and US pressure over uranium enrichment

2026-02-08 - 09:57

Iran will never surrender the right to enrich uranium, even if war “is imposed on us”, its foreign minister said on 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. “No one has the right to dictate our behaviour,” he said, two days after he met US envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman, striking a maximalist position over its nuclear programme and in the wake of nationwide...