Tehran: Iran restated on Monday its opposition to any proposal that fails to include its rights and interests in the field of peaceful nuclear energy, including uranium enrichment activities. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said in his weekly briefing that any proposal that does not include the rights and interests of the Iranian people in peaceful nuclear energy and safeguards for lifting sanctions would be unacceptable.
According to Kuwait News Agency, the Iranian spokesman's remarks came in response to a recent proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump saying that a possible nuclear agreement would not allow Tehran to have any nuclear enrichment activity. "The U.S. proposal is not acceptable to us. It was not the result of previous rounds of negotiations," Baghaei remarked.
"We will present our own proposal to the other side via Oman after it is finalized. This proposal is reasonable, logical and balanced," he added. Last week, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed the U.S. proposal as against Iran's interests, pledging to continue enrichment on Iranian soil.