Feb 17, 2022: According to a report by AFP, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday dismissed as “absurd” claims that his country wants to acquire a nuclear weapon, amid remarks indicating progress in nuclear talks.
The Islamic Republic is in talks with world powers to restore the 2015 agreement, which offered it relief in sanctions in exchange for halting its nuclear program. The agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, was designed to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons – a goal it has always refused to achieve.
Late on Wednesday, Ali Bagheri, Iran’s chief negotiator said, “we are closer than ever to an agreement.”
Khamenei said Iran “has to think about tomorrow” and that “sooner or later we will urgently need peaceful nuclear energy”.
“You can notice how the enemy alliance is pressing cruelly our nuclear issue,” the supreme leader said.
“They have imposed sanctions on our nuclear energy, when they know very well that it is peaceful, they claim Iran will produce the bomb in some time, absurd words that make no sense and they know it very well themselves, they know we are not looking for nuclear weapons, but for the peaceful use of nuclear energy.”
“They are pushing to prevent the Iranian nation from achieving this significant progress.”
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