Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, has rejected Germany’s call for Iran to stop uranium enrichment.
According to Iranian media, Baghaei said on Sunday, November 15, that Iran, as a member of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), has the right to enrich uranium.
“Iran’s right to enrich uranium is not a privilege granted to us by Germany, France or others,” Baghaei added.
He also criticized the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for speculating about the establishment of a new uranium enrichment facility in Isfahan.
Baghaei said the agency had lost access to Iran’s nuclear facilities during the war with the United States and Israel.
Commenting on Iran’s possible response to further attacks, he said Tehran “will not leave any attack unanswered.”
