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Araqchi: Iran has never sought to possess nuclear weapons

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that Tehran had never sought to possess nuclear weapons, and that Israel had convinced US President Donald Trump to launch an attack on Iran.

These statements came in response to the US President who said that Iran sought to obtain nuclear weapons, as a justification for the aggression that lasted for 12 days.

Araqchi added, in a blog post published on his official account on the platform (X), “When initiating the fifth round of talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff last May 23, I wrote: (Zero) nuclear weapons means that we have an agreement… (Zero) enrichment means that we do not have an agreement.”

Araqchi continued, saying, according to what the Iranian (Mehr) News Agency reported on Tuesday, “If the American president took a look at the minutes of that The conversations, which the mediator recorded, saw how close we were to celebrating a new and historic nuclear agreement.”

He added, “Trump must remember that there was no information about Iraq hiding weapons of mass destruction… and only incredible destruction occurred, along with the deaths of thousands of Americans, and the waste of seven trillion dollars of taxpayer money.” The Americans.”

Araqchi explained that likewise, there was no “intelligence information” Reporting that Iran was "a month away" Of developing a nuclear weapon if Israel was not ultimately able to deceive the United States into launching an attack on the Iranian people. He added, “With the failure of that operation, Israel is now trying to create an imaginary threat regarding Iran’s defense capabilities… The Americans are now tired of fighting Israel’s endless wars.”

Araqchi indicated that insisting on this miscalculation on the part of America will not solve any problem… stressing that there is no solution other than reaching a “negotiated solution.”

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