Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman responded to President Trump's statements about removing processed nuclear materials, warning: "They tried it once and saw the results — do they want to try again?" The statement, reported on Monday, signals continued Iranian defiance amid stalled nuclear talks.
Iran's Foreign Ministry issued a sharp warning to the Trump administration on Monday, rejecting renewed calls to dismantle its nuclear program. Spokesman Esmail Baghaei, in a statement reported by Iranian state media, said: "They tried it once and saw the results — do they want to try again?" — a clear reference to the US withdrawal from the 2015 JCPOA and the subsequent Iranian nuclear escalation.
The remarks come as US-Iran nuclear talks remain deadlocked. As The Zioneer reported, Iran's senior negotiator declared an end to further negotiations on Sunday, and Trump's claim of an imminent deal was dismissed by Tehran as "out of touch with reality." An earlier analysis published by Gplanet and covered by The Zioneer argued that the Trump administration, facing domestic political constraints, had yielded on previous hardline positions — a shift Baghaei's defiance appears to exploit.
The spokesman added that "there is not even a single agreement within the framework of these principles, only mutual time-wasting," suggesting no breakthrough is expected without a fundamental change in the US approach. The warning follows a week of escalating rhetoric between the two sides, with Trump retweeting Iran's foreign minister on Friday and later accusing Tehran of leaking false deal details.
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