Iranian President insists on country's nuclear rights, ISNA reports


Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, February 21, 2026. Iran's Presidential website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

DUBAI, ⁠April 19 (Reuters) - U.S. ⁠President Donald Trump has ‌no justification to deprive Iran of its ​nuclear rights, the ⁠Iranian Student ⁠News Agency quoted Iranian ⁠President ‌Masoud Pezeshkian as ⁠saying on Sunday, as Washington ​and ‌Tehran continue to ⁠face ​disagreements over nuclear issues.

"Trump says Iran ⁠cannot make use ​of its nuclear rights but doesn't say ⁠for what crime. Who is he to deprive a ​nation of ⁠its rights?" Pezeshkian ​was quoted ‌as saying.

(Reporting by ​Dubai NewsroomEditing by Tomasz Janowski)

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