Khaberni - Iranian President Masoud Bazshkyan said on Thursday that his country does not seek to own nuclear weapons, stressing "commitment to the supreme leader’s fatwa on this matter," ahead of nuclear talks with the United States in Geneva.
The Iranian news agency reported that Tehran's proposal in the Geneva negotiations dispels all American pretexts regarding the Iranian nuclear program.
It added that "Washington's rejection of Iran's proposal would confirm its lack of seriousness and that its call for diplomacy is merely a maneuver."
The third round of indirect talks between Iran and the United States will take place on Thursday in Switzerland, aiming to reach an agreement that wards off the specter of war and puts an end to weeks of threats.
The new round of talks in Geneva comes while both parties have been open to dialogue since January and at the same time ready for military action, leaving all possibilities open.
On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump, who is militarily mobilizing in the region, said he prefers to resolve the dispute diplomatically, but accused Tehran of continuing its "evil" nuclear ambitions.
Trump said in the "State of the Union" speech in Congress, "We are negotiating with them, and they want to strike a deal, but we have not heard from them those secret words: we will never own a nuclear weapon."
The American president mentioned that the Iranians "have already designed missiles that can threaten Europe and our (military) bases abroad, and they are working on building missiles that will soon be able to reach the United States."
