Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian doubled the refusal of Tehran on Wednesday to leave his nuclear program and said that Iran is “fully prepared” for a renewed fight with Israel.
“[US President Donald] Trump says that Iran should not have nuclear weapon and we accept this because we reject nuclear weapons and this is our political, religious, humanitarian and strategic position, ” Said Pezeshkian In an interview with Al Jazeera.
President Masoud Pezeshkian says that Iran remains “prepared” for renewed conflict with Israel. (Iranian presidency/Anadolu via getty images)
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“We believe in diplomacy, so all future negotiations must be according to a win-win logic, and we will not accept any threats and dictates,” he added.
Pezeshkian also said that Trump’s repeated claims that the nuclear program of Iran “erased” is only an illusion “.
“Our nuclear capacities are in the minds of our scientists and not in the facilities,” he said.
The American strikes – which only a few days after Israel came to military figures and nuclear scientists – is supposed to have restored the nuclear program from Iran to two years.
Pezeshkian acknowledged the blow that Israel has yielded against his top officials, but said it “completely failed” to “eliminate” the hierarchy of the nuclear program of Iran.
He also warned that Iran is ready to enter into Jerusalem if another conflict broke out.
“We are fully prepared for every new Israeli military movement, and our forces are ready to hit again in Israel,” said Pezeshkian.
Fire and smoke rise in heaven after an Israeli attack on the Shahran Oil Depot on June 15, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. (Stringer/Getty images)
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Iran and Israel still operate under a ceasefires that are mediated by the US and Qatar after last month’s 12-day war, but the Iranian president said he is not confident that this ceasefire will have.
“We are not very optimistic about it,” said Pezeshkian.
“That is why we have prepared ourselves for every possible scenario and a potential reaction. Israel has damaged us, and we also damaged it,” he added. “It has tackled our powerful success and we have hit it hard in its depths, but it hides its losses.”
Delegations from France, Germany and the UK (E3) will travel to Tehran on Friday to discuss nuclear negotiations.
The E3 visit only comes three days after officials from Russia and China, who are also signatories of the joint comprehensive action plan of 2015 (JCPAO), visited on Tuesday to discuss negotiations and how Iran can avoid sanctions, although details of the conversations remain unknown.
The Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stands with Russian deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Iranian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi, before a meeting on March 14, 2025 in Beijing. (Pool via Reuters)
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Iran started initiating international conversations After the E3 threatened to use Snapback sanctions last week the entire 15-person UN Security Council would maintain strict economic consequences at the end of August no nuclear agreement.
The time frame is consistent with the time required for the JCPOA -signators to recall Snapback Sanctions Prior to the due date of 18 October, when the economic tool can no longer be used en masse according to the 2015 conditions of the agreement.
