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Iran’s Culture Minister Abbas Salehi described Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s latest speech on uranium enrichment as an explanation of the country’s nuclear program for the general public.

In a post on X, Salehi called Khamenei’s remarks “a logical, legal, national, and comprehensible clarification” that strengthened public resolve.

“The Leader has created enhanced national strength against the greed and excess of Iran’s enemies,” he wrote.

Khamenei said Wednesday that Iran would not abandon enrichment and dismissed foreign objections.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reaffirmed Tehran’s nuclear stance on Wednesday, saying Iran will not compromise on uranium enrichment.

“No enrichment, no deal. No nuclear weapons, we have a deal,” he wrote in a post on X.

Araghchi said few nations can fuel nuclear reactors because it requires major financial, industrial, and academic capacity—something Iran has built at great cost.

“There is no scenario in which we will give up on the patriots who made our dream come true,” he said.

Israel will not launch an attack on Iran as long as nuclear negotiations between Tehran and Washington remain underway, i24 News reported Wednesday, citing an unnamed Israeli official.

The report came hours after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei publicly rejected a new US proposal on Iran’s nuclear program.

Iran’s nuclear chief on Wednesday pledged to continue advancing the country’s nuclear program with what he described as “faith, revolutionary spirit, and heartfelt conviction,” vowing to resist demands from the United States and other powers.

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“I assure [you] that... we will stand against the excessive demands of the United States and other hegemonic powers,” Atomic Energy Organization head Mohammad Eslami said in a statement addressed to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as reported by Iranian news agency ISNA.

His remarks followed a speech by Khamenei in which the Supreme Leader dismissed a US proposal for a new nuclear deal and said uranium enrichment was the backbone of Iran’s nuclear program.

Speaking at a ceremony marking the anniversary of Islamic Republic founder Ruhollah Khomeini’s death, Khamenei rejected any compromise on enrichment and said the US “cannot do a damn thing in this matter.”

While Eslami did not mention enrichment directly, he praised progress in areas such as the nuclear fuel cycle and credited Iran’s advances to Khamenei’s leadership.

Talks mediated by Oman between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US envoy Steve Witkoff have stalled over key issues, including Iran’s insistence on keeping enrichment activities on its soil.