Iran says will stick to uranium enrichment work

  • 12/15/2022
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TEHRAN, June 17 (SPA) - Iran said on Tuesday it wouldcontinue enriching uranium. The EU's top diplomat, Javier Solana, presented Tehran onSaturday with a package of economic benefits designed to persuadeit to curb its nuclear work, and said Iran should stopenrichment during negotiations on the offer. "We have repeatedly said that enrichment is our red line andwe should enjoy this technology. The work will be continued,"deputy foreign minister Alireza Sheikhattar told reporters,according to the state news agency IRNA. The incentive package agreed by the United States, Russia,China, Britain, France and Germany last month and delivered bySolana is a revised version of one rejected by Iran in 2006, Reuters reported. "We will give our answer as soon as possible. But we do notknow exactly when it will be," the Iranian official said.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/565967

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