US pulls message to Iran after Tehran denies receiving it - Sky News Arabia
Washington has reportedly decided to withdraw a message sent to Iran after Tehran denied receiving it, Sky News Arabia reported, citing unnamed sources.
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Kamal Kharrazi, a foreign policy advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said on Sunday that Iran remains open to negotiations but stressed that its nuclear capabilities are irreversible and cannot be dismantled through pressure.
“We will not allow anyone to threaten Iran. Anyone who threatens Iran will face a response,” Kharrazi said at the Tehran Dialogue Forum. “Iran’s nuclear technology has reached an irreversible stage. It is based on indigenous knowledge and cannot be eliminated,"
Kharrazi, who also leads the country’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said Tehran would consider limiting uranium enrichment to 3.67 percent if US sanctions are lifted.
Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi said Iran has not held talks on a nuclear consortium but acknowledged that related ideas have been proposed.
“We have not discussed a nuclear consortium, but some ideas have been raised,” he said. “If the talks progress and it’s seriously proposed, we may consider it.”
Tehran does not see Arab economic growth as a threat, Ali Akbar Velayati, senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, told The New York Times.
He also dismissed Donald Trump’s remarks during his regional tour.
He said Iran’s strength compels global powers to seek a deal: “We are independent, self-confident and powerful.”
