2025-03-09T20:41:59+00:00

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Shafaq News/ Iran’s mission to the United Nations
announced on Sunday that Tehran refuse to negotiate the dismantling of its
peaceful nuclear program.

In a  X, the
Iranian mission stated: “If the aim of negotiations is to resolve issues
related to any potential militarization of Iran’s nuclear program, such
discussions could be considered. However, if the goal is to dismantle Iran’s
peaceful nuclear program, such negotiations will never take place.”

If the objective of negotiations is to address concerns vis-à-vis any potential militarization of Iran’s nuclear program, such discussions may be subject to consideration. However, should the aim be the dismantlement of Iran’s peaceful nuclear program to claim that what Obama…

— I.R.IRAN Mission to UN, NY (@Iran_UN) March 9, 2025

The Iranian mission
did not directly reference the party with whom Iran might be willing to
negotiate, but it was likely responding to US President Donald Trump’s proposal
to negotiate over Iran’s nuclear program.

On Friday, President
Trump revealed that he had sent a letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei, signaling his preference for reaching a deal with Tehran over its
nuclear program.

At the same time,
Iran’s mission to the UN stated that it had not yet received any letter from
Trump addressed to the Supreme Leader regarding the nuclear deal. Trump
indicated that Washington was considering two potential paths to resolve the
Iranian nuclear issue—military or diplomatic—but emphasized that he preferred
negotiations.

In February, Trump expressed his willingness to
strike a deal with Iran rather than confront it militarily. He called for a
“verifiable” nuclear agreement that would allow Iran to develop and
prosper, urging immediate action.

Meanwhile, Kremlin
spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Iran’s state news agency IRNA on Tuesday that
Moscow was ready to assist Tehran in addressing issues related to its nuclear
program.

It is worth noting
that in 2015, the US, UK, Germany, China, Russia, France, and Iran signed a
nuclear deal which lifted sanctions in exchange for limiting Iran’s nuclear
program.

However, the United
States, under the previous Trump administration, withdrew from the agreement in
May 2018 and re-imposed sanctions on Tehran.

In response, Iran began gradually scaling back its
commitments under the deal, including abandoning restrictions on its nuclear
research and uranium enrichment levels.