{"id":4334,"date":"2026-02-18T17:11:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/?p=4334"},"modified":"2026-02-18T17:11:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:41:32","slug":"iran-categorically-not-seeking-nuclear-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/iran-categorically-not-seeking-nuclear-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran categorically not seeking nuclear weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a candid discussion with three civil activists, Iran\u2019s president stressed that based on the religious decree of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, saying that Iran is categorically not seeking nuclear weapons, Tehran is prepared for any form of verification regarding the peaceful nature of its nuclear program, but will not accept abandoning its civilian nuclear industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tehran &#8211; IranView24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Masoud Pezeshkian emphasized that based on the religious decree of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Iran is categorically not seeking nuclear weapons and is ready to accept any monitoring or verification mechanism requested by other parties.<\/p>\n<p>He added that abandoning the peaceful nuclear program \u2014 which has applications in medicine, agriculture, and industry \u2014 is not acceptable to Tehran, and expressed the expectation that the international community should recognize this distinction.<\/p>\n<p>Pezeshkian also said the talks with the United States are being conducted with the coordination and authorization of the country\u2019s leadership, emphasizing that the goal is to reach real solutions and tangible results rather than engage in talks without clear outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated that Iran has repeatedly stated it is not pursuing nuclear weapons and is prepared to demonstrate the peaceful nature of its program through international mechanisms \u2014 a stance viewed as a signal of readiness for confidence-building amid ongoing diplomatic efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a candid discussion with three civil activists, Iran\u2019s president stressed that based on the religious decree of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, saying that Iran is categorically not seeking nuclear weapons, Tehran is prepared for any form of verification regarding the peaceful nature of its nuclear program, but will not accept abandoning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":4335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,38,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-government","category-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4336,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334\/revisions\/4336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}