AFP and Sputnik

La Jornada Newspaper
Friday, November 15, 2024, p. 24

Tehran. The president of Iran, Masud Pezeshkian, stated yesterday that he wants to clear doubts and ambiguities about the nuclear program and assured that his country has never tried nor will it try to create nuclear weaponswhen receiving the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, who demanded that cooperation with Tehran lead to avoid war.

However, the head of Iranian diplomacy, Abbas Araqhchi, warned that Tehran will not negotiate under pressure or intimidation about its nuclear program, and the head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, assured that the Islamic republic would react to any foreign pressure.

Grossi considered It is essential to obtain concrete results that keep us away from conflicts and warlike hostility.. He emphasized that Iran’s nuclear facilities must not be attackeddays after the new Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, commented that Tehran is more exposed than ever to attacks against its atomic facilities.

The diplomat’s visit occurs a week after the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, who during his first term (2017-2021) promoted maximum pressure against Tehran, reinstating sanctions and withdrawing his country from the 2015 agreement between great powers on the Iranian nuclear program.

Musk meets with Iranian ambassador

In that sense, Elon Musk met this week in New York with Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, raising the possibility of a change of tone between Tehran and Washington under the Trump administration, despite the tense history of the president-elect with Iran, reported The New York Times.

Two Iranian officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, described the meeting as positive and good news.