Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has rejected Germany’s demand that Iran halt uranium enrichment saying it has a right to do so as a member of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, according to a report by Al Jazeera.
“Iran’s right to enrichment is not something Germany, France or others have granted us,” Esmail Baghaei said.
He also criticised, per the report, the UN nuclear watchdog — the International Atomic Energy Agency — for what he described as “nontechnical speculation” about a possible new uranium enrichment facility in the central Iranian city of Isfahan.
Baghaei said the UN agency lost access to Iran’s nuclear facilities during the war with the US and Israel, but claimed Iran has not suspended its safeguards obligations.
