READ MORE:<\/strong> IAEA chief says Iran isn\u2019t actively enriching uranium but movement detected near stockpile<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cOur security situation hasn\u2019t yet changed. If you watch the news, you see that every day we are being threatened with another attack,\u201d Eslami said. \u201cEvery day we are told if you touch anything, you\u2019ll be attacked.\u201d<\/p>\n
Iran had been enriching uranium up to 60% purity \u2014 a short, technical step from weapons-grade levels \u2014 after\u00a0U.S. President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from Tehran\u2019s 2015 nuclear deal\u00a0with world powers in 2018. Tehran long has maintained its atomic program is peaceful, though the West and the IAEA say Iran had an organized nuclear weapons program until 2003.<\/p>\n
European nations also pushed through a measure\u00a0to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran\u00a0over the nuclear program in September.<\/p>\n
The IAEA\u2019s Board of Governors is set to meet this week and could vote on a new resolution targeting Iran over its failure to cooperate fully with the agency.<\/p>\n
But Araghchi left open the possibility of further negotiations with the U.S. should Washington\u2019s demands change.<\/p>\n
He told journalists at the summit that the U.S. administration\u2019s approach does not suggest they are ready for \u201cequal, fair negotiations to reach mutual interests.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we have seen from the Americans so far has actually been an effort to dictate their demands, which are maximalist and excessive. We see no chance for dialogue in the face of such demands.\u201d<\/p>\n
Iran summit decries \u2018aggression\u2019<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s Institute for Political and International Studies, affiliated with the country\u2019s Foreign Ministry, hosted the summit. Titled \u201cInternational Law Under Assault: Aggression and Self-Defense,\u201d the conference included papers by Iranian political analysts offering Tehran\u2019s view of the 12-day war in June, many seizing on comments from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz praising Israel for having done the \u201cdirty work\u201d in launching its attack.<\/p>\n
\u201cIran\u2019s defensive response was remarkable, inspiring, historic and above all, pure,\u201d wrote Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour, an international relations professor. \u201cHow can one possibly compare Israel\u2019s dirty deeds to the noble and clean actions of the Iranian nation?\u201d<\/p>\n
Images of children killed by Israel during the war lined the walkway outside the summit, held inside the Martyr General Qassem Soleimani Building, named for the Revolutionary Guard expeditionary leader\u00a0killed by a U.S. drone strike in 2020.<\/p>\n
But Iran finds itself in a difficult moment after the war.\u00a0Israel decimated the country\u2019s air defense systems, potentially leaving the door open to further airstrikes as tensions remain high over the nuclear program.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile,\u00a0economic pressures\u00a0and\u00a0societal change\u00a0continue to challenge Iran\u2019s Shiite theocracy, which so far has held off on making decisions about whether to enforce its mandatory hijab laws or raise the price of government-subsidized gasoline, both of which have sparked nationwide protests in the past.<\/p>\n
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