Iran foreign minister vows nuclear enrichment will continue 'with or without a deal'

Iran s foreign minister reported Sunday that regardless of whether a nuclear deal is reached with the U S enrichment will continue Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi addressed negotiations between Iran and the U S in a post on X regarding Iran s peaceful nuclear scheme In the declaration Araghchi pointed out that U S personnel privy to the discussions are free to state whatever they want to ward off special interest groups or malign actors that set the agendas of previous administrations Iran can only control what we Iranians do and that is to avoid negotiating in society particularly given the current dissonance we are seeing between what our U S interlocutors say in society and in private and from one week to the other Araghchi reported Our stance on Iran's rights as a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty member is crystal clear and there is no scenario in which Iranians will permit deviance from that TRUMP SAYS US HAS GIVEN IRAN PROPOSAL FOR NUCLEAR DEAL Mastering enrichment hardware is a hard-earned and homegrown scientific achievement an outcome of great sacrifice of both blood and treasure he continued If the U S is interested in ensuring that Iran will not have nuclear weapons a deal is within reach and we are ready for a serious conversation to achieve a approach that will forever ensure that outcome Enrichment in Iran however will continue with or without a deal The announcement comes just days after President Donald Trump informed on Friday that the U S had given Iran a proposal for a nuclear deal While making the announcement Trump announced Iranian personnel know they have to move fast or something bad is going to happen MARCO RUBIO WARNS IRAN 'AT THE THRESHOLD' OF NUCLEAR WEAPON CAPABILITY AS US-IRAN TALKS CONTINUEU S and Iranian leaders have held four rounds of talks primarily in Oman since Trump took office to address Tehran s nuclear undertaking The International Atomic Potential Agency often referred to as the United Nations' nuclear watchdog noted in a March document that Iran s stockpile of enriched uranium had alarmingly grown from kg to kg approximately pounds to pounds in early Once you're at you're of the way there You are in essence a threshold nuclear weapons state which is what Iran basically has become Rubio reported Thursday on Hannity IRAN S LONG TRAIL OF DECEPTION FUELS SKEPTICISM OVER NEW NUCLEAR DEAL AS TALKS CONTINUE They are at the threshold of a nuclear weapon If they decided to do so they could do so very fast If they stockpile enough of that enriched they could very fast turn it into and weaponize it That's the danger we face right now That's the urgency here he stated The president also noted Thursday in the United Arab Emirates that the U S and Iran have sort of agreed to terms on a nuclear deal Iran has sort of agreed to the terms They re not going to make I call it in a friendly way nuclear dust Trump narrated reporters We re not going to be making any nuclear dust in Iran Fox News Digital's Greg Norman Ashley Carnahan and Christina Shaw contributed to this summary