Iran ‘cannot give up on nuclear enrichment’

TEHRAN, July 22 (Reuters): Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Fox News that Tehran cannot give up on its uranium enrichment programme which was severely damaged during the Israel-Iran war last month.
Prior to the war, Tehran and Washington held five rounds of nuclear talks mediated by Oman but could not agree on the extent to which Iran should be allowed to enrich uranium. Israel and Washington say Iran was close to enriching to levels that would allow it to quickly produce a nuclear weapon, while Tehran says its enrichment program is for civilian purposes only.
"It is stopped because, yes, damages are serious and severe. But obviously we cannot give up (on) enrichment because it is an achievement of our own scientists. And now, more than that, it is a question of national pride," the foreign minister told the Fox News show "Special Report with Bret Baier" on Monday.