Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday during talks in Switzerland that Iran will not forgo its right to enrich uranium and that the United States will have to accept this, according to reports on Israeli channels.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told reporters during nuclear talks in Switzerland on Sunday that Tehran will not give up uranium enrichment, adding that 'even the United States will be forced to accept this.' The statement—carried by Persian-language outlets and tracked by Israeli media—sharpens Tehran's public posture in the final-stage negotiations that began Friday in Switzerland, as U.S. President Trump previously announced.
The desk's first report at 12:42 Jerusalem on Sunday, based on a single Hebrew-language source, stated that Pezeshkian would not relinquish enrichment rights. Minutes later, a second version from the same timestamp cited the Persian-language channel Abu Ali Express, adding that Pezeshkian also claimed U.S. negotiators now acknowledge Iran's right to retain ballistic missile capability—a detail the third version expanded with his assertion that Trump's positions have shifted 180 degrees. The thread thus moved from a single-sourced brief to three accounts all carrying the enrichment position, with corroboration on the missile claim narrowing to one named outlet.
As The Zioneer reported on June 15, Trump told the New York Times that a 15-to-20-year enrichment suspension was on the table, hinting he might accept 15 years, while Iran would be permanently limited to low-level enrichment. The same day, Pezeshkian stated Iran would not bow to 'American arrogance,' and on June 10-11 he issued similar defiance. The U.S. Vice President, as reported on June 18, said no country should be denied the right to self-defense—language that could be read as opening space for Tehran's enrichment argument, though Washington has not publicly said so.
It remains unclear whether Pezeshkian's remarks reflect a genuine shift in U.S. negotiating positions or a rhetorical stance aimed at domestic and regional audiences. The specific enrichment cap and duration—permanent low-level versus temporary suspension—remain unresolved, with no on-record confirmation from any U.S. or Swiss participant.
4 developments
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- StrongIran threatens breach of MoU, rejects removal of enriched uranium from the country
Source and signal
- Internal intake