The director of the nation’s atomic energy organisation expressed his country’s reluctance to pursue the weaponization of nuclear materials, but Iran said it remained “optimistic” about a potential revival of the 2015 nuclear deal on Monday.
Despite having the technical ability to do so, Iran has no plans to develop an atomic weapon, according to Mohammad Eslami, who was quoted.
Iran has already surpassed the cap of 3.67 percent set by Tehran’s now-broken 2015 nuclear agreement with international powers by enriching uranium to up to 60 percent of fissile quality. For nuclear bombs, uranium must be enriched to 90%.
Eslami echoed remarks made in July by Kamal Kharrazi, a top advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Separately, after the European Union put forth a proposal aiming for a compromise in the talks stalled since March, Nasser Kanani, a spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry, said at a news conference that Tehran “remain[ed] optimistic that the negotiation process will lead us to a logical and reasonable outcome.”
The statement was made after Josep Borrell, the head of EU foreign policy and coordinator of the nuclear negotiations between Iran and other nations, last Tuesday delivered a new draught text and pleaded with the parties involved in the discussions to accept it or “risk a dangerous nuclear crisis.”
