From Fox News: Iran on Monday confirmed it will not give up its nuclear enrichment program in an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, set to air at 6 pm on Monday’s “Special Report.”
Araghchi confirmed that the U.S.’s top ambition in preventing Tehran from further developing a nuclear weapon by blocking all enrichment capabilities is unlikely to come to fruition, despite threats of intense international sanctions.
“We cannot give up enrichment because it is an achievement of our own scientists. And now, more than that, it is a question of national pride,” Araghchi said. “Our enrichment is so dear to us,” he told Bret Baier, anchor and executive editor of Special Report, in a clip released before the full interview airs.
Foreign minister confirms serious damage to nuclear facilities from U.S. strikes.
“Our facilities have been damaged – seriously damaged,” Araghchi said. “The extent of which is now under evaluation by our atomic energy organization.
“But as far as I know, they are seriously damaged,” he added, noting that the damage has also currently ceased all enrichment capabilities for the time being.
