Iran says keen to offer guarantees on nuclear program, but won’t stop enrichment – Middle East Monitor

Tehran is keen to increase inspections of its nuclear facilities as well as to provide more assurances regarding its nuclear programme, but will not accept US demands that it halt uranium enrichment, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said yesterday.

In a press conference, Baghaei said Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi had repeatedly and clearly spoken about the uranium enrichment issue, and made clear that halting it is not a simple matter for…