Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Monday that the US tried once to enter Iran and take its enriched uranium—'they saw the result'—and warned against repeating the attempt. The statement reinforces Tehran's defiance ahead of a looming nuclear deadline.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei issued a defiant warning on Monday, responding to President Trump's statements about removing Iran's enriched nuclear materials. 'Trump wants to come in and take it,' Baghaei said. 'I remind them: they tried once — they saw the result. If they are smart, they won't repeat it.'
The statement, which the desk reported on earlier Monday as a continuity of the same thread, marks a further hardening of Tehran's public rhetoric. Iran's position — that any dilution of enriched uranium must take place on Iranian soil — has been reiterated by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in recent days. Washington and Tehran are in indirect talks, with a US-imposed deadline approaching, while the IAEA board recently approved a resolution demanding that Iran disclose its stockpile and allow inspectors access.
Baghaei's reference to 'they tried once' echoes the 2019-2020 cycle of escalation, including the US assassination of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani and Iran's retaliatory strikes. The spokesman did not elaborate on what Iran would do if the US attempted to act on Trump's stated goal of removing the enriched material from Iranian territory.
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