Iran has rejected the proposal to send its enriched uranium to a third country, with Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei telling Pakistani defence chief Asim Munir that Tehran would not allow any nuclear material to leave the country. As part of Pakistan’s effort to end the Iran-US war, Islamabad has proposed that Tehran should transfer part of its enriched uranium to another country.
The Middle East war was sparked in late February by the United States and Israel when they launched a wave of deadly attacks on Iran, while Washington and Tehran were in the midst of negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme. Iran’s chief negotiator and parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and President Masoud Pezeshkian also made similar remarks to Munir. He noted that “threats and military manoeuvres cannot influence Iran’s strategic decisions. The demands include ending a US blockade on its ports, lifting of all sanctions on Iran’s oil exports and the ending of hostilities on all fronts. He also met Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who is one of Tehran’s chief negotiators.
During his meeting with Munir, Pezeshkian rejected the idea of negotiations under US threats and said, “The Americans must first remove the threats and sanctions; only then can we engage in dialogue. Ghalibaf said, “We have nothing new to say; America cannot gain Iran’s trust unless it fulfils the seven conditions. Earlier reporting noted: On dialogue with Washington, Rezaei said, “There will be no negotiations until America takes steps to build trust — a process that must begin with the fulfilment of Iran’s conditions. Earlier reporting noted: Rezaei’s remarks represent Iran’s hardened stance on mediation in the recent past, during which the country has said multiple times that ceasefire talks would only begin after the US accepts its demands. Earlier reporting noted: Munir, who was accompanied by Pakistan’s interior minister Mohsin Naqvi, met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, according to Iran’s state-run TV.
