West has no choice but to recognize Iran as ‘hub’ of nuclear industry: FM
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that Western countries would have no choice but to recognize Iran as a scientific “hub in the field of peaceful nuclear industry.”
The top diplomat said Western countries had been trying to deprive Iran of nuclear capability.
“Their main objective is to force Iran to relinquish its nuclear capability and keep everything under their own monopoly,” Araghchi said during a visit to an exhibition showcasing the latest achievements of the country’s nuclear industry at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).
He hailed Iranian nuclear scientists for developing a “highly complex and advanced global science,” calling it a “major accomplishment that no one can ignore.”
“We have worked hard for these achievements and the scientific progress made in the nuclear industry. People have shed blood for it and fought for it. Undoubtedly, no one in Iran will ever give up this right”, the Iranian foreign minister said.
Iran’s nuclear program has been a source of contention with Western countries for more than two decades.
While Iran insists that its nuclear activities are entirely peaceful and aimed at civilian purposes such as energy production and medical research, Western powers—particularly the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany—have long expressed concern that Tehran could be seeking the capability to develop nuclear weapons.