Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday that Tehran committed in writing not to build a nuclear bomb after the United States requested the pledge, according to Iranian media. He added that the commitment aligns with the supreme leader's longstanding position against nuclear weapons. Pezeshkian also claimed Iran exported 16 million barrels of oil in the last two days alone, after a maritime blockade had halted exports entirely.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday that Tehran had agreed in writing not to build a nuclear weapon at the request of the United States, according to Iranian media. 'The Americans told us: we are afraid you will build an atomic bomb, so write and sign that you will not. We said: with pleasure, this is exactly what the leader has always said — we will not build an atomic bomb,' Pezeshkian stated, according to the report.
The statement comes as a second, more detailed confirmation of a U.S.-Iran nuclear understanding, after The Zioneer reported earlier Sunday (13:39 Jerusalem) that Pezeshkian had already said Iran committed not to seek nuclear weapons. The new remarks add that the pledge was made in writing and on Washington's initiative.
Pezeshkian also made a separate claim about Iran's oil exports: during the maritime blockade, he said, Iran could not export even a single barrel, but in the last two days alone the country exported about 16 million barrels. The figure could not be independently verified.
The development follows a series of U.S. and Iranian statements over the past week about a potential nuclear accord brokered by the Trump administration, though no final agreement has been published. Iran has continued to insist on its right to enrich uranium, as The Zioneer reported earlier (14:41 Jerusalem).
2 developments
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- DevelopingIran commits not to produce or acquire nuclear weapons, official tells Qatari mediators
- DevelopingTrump: Iran behaves properly, agreed not to build nuclear weapons
- StrongIran's Pezeshkian: we will not forgo enrichment — US will have to accept
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