Iran vows to press on with nuke enrichment despite Trump's threats and ‘serious damage' done by stealth bombings
The pariah state pledged to enrich uranium at weapons-grade levels, despite the
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Iran has vowed to push on with its nuclear enrichment programme
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It comes after Trump's nuclear plant blitz during the 12-day war
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The Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni's pariah state vowed to keep aiming for a nuclear weapon
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B-2 Spirit drops a GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bomb (stock)
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Fox News that his country would not give up on its nuclear programme.
He added that the US and Israel's bid to prevent
The chilling threats came despite threats of intense international sanctions against the
Araghchi said: "We
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"And now, more than that, it is a question of national
pride
."
The Foreign Minister also said: "Enrichment is so dear to us."
Aragchi confirmed that the damage done by Donald Trump's Operation Midnight Hammer on Iran's nuclear sites had been "serious".
But he stopped short of commenting on whether any enriched uranium survived the
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"Our facilities have been damaged – seriously damaged," Araghchi said.
"The extent of which is now under evaluation by our atomic
energy
organisation."
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He did confirm, however, that all enrichment capabilities in
Iran
had been ceased as a result of the facilities being "seriously damaged".
Last week,
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a member of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission told Mehr News Agency: "We will never give up our legitimate right to enrich uranium.
"Enrichment is a sovereign right that we will continue to pursue based on our national needs.
"Bombing cannot erase this knowledge — it will only come back stronger."
The
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Fox News Iran would keep pushing forward with the programme
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The moment the US missile hit Iran's facility in the test footage
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A satellite view shows an overview of Fordow underground complex after the US bombings on June 21
The Israelis also orchestrated Operation Red Wedding - which saw 30 top Iranian military chiefs killed in a near-simultaneous blitz as Tel Aviv sought to root out the
Even
Masoud Pezeshkian was wounded in the leg and forced to flee a
Iran retaliated by launching daily salvos of ballistic missiles across
Israel
, but failed to hit any strategic targets.
Less than a fortnight later, Trump joined the Israeli bombing campaign against Iran with
The
US military
's flagship
The
The Don celebrated his sophisticated blitz on the Iranian regime - and said that the US bombs went through enemy nuclear sites "
Iran, which vowed to hit
US military
bases across the Middle East, sought its revenge by
But Tehran seemingly
Trump dubbed the expected response "weak" before announcing that a ceasefire deal had been reached between the Israelis and Iranians.
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Israeli Iron Dome air defence system intercepts missiles over Tel Aviv
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President Donald Trump and his national security team meeting in the Situation Room in June
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