Iran will not back down from nuclear rights, foreign minister says


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  • Sunday, 11 May 2025

FILE PHOTO: Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends a press conference following a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2025. Tatyana Makeyeva/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday that if the United States' goal is to deprive Iran of its "nuclear rights", Tehran will never back down over those rights.

Araqchi was speaking in Doha a day ahead of another round of planned nuclear talks between Iran and the U.S. in Oman.

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