Iran will not compromise on right to uranium enrichment, says official
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A technician at a uranium conversion facility in Isfahan, Iran.
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DUBAI – Iran will not abandon its right to uranium enrichment because of mounting frictions in the region, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on June 12, adding that a “friendly” regional country had alerted Tehran over a potential military strike by Israel.
The official said the tensions were intended to “influence Tehran to change its position about its nuclear rights” during talks with the United States
US President Donald Trump said on June 11 that US personnel were being moved out of the Middle East
Tehran and Washington will hold a sixth round of talks in Oman’s capital, Muscat, to resolve a decades-long stand-off over Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
After five rounds of discussions between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and Mr Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, several obstacles remain.
Among them are Iran’s rejection of a US demand that it commit to scrapping uranium enrichment. REUTERS
