Iran says no nuclear deal if deprived of ‘peaceful activities’

Iran said Monday it will not accept a nuclear agreement that deprives it of what it called “peaceful activities”, a reference to uranium enrichment, as it pressed the United States for guarantees it would drop sanctions.

Uranium enrichment has remained a key point of contention between the foes in talks to seal a nuclear deal, ongoing since April, with Iran defending what it says is its pursuit of a civil nuclear programme but with the US side calling it a “red line”.

Speaking in Cairo, where…