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🇮🇷 Key statements by Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, in an interview with Fox News:
◾️Tehran is not yet ready for direct talks with Washington about the Iranian nuclear program; however, it is willing to take any confidence-building measures.
◾️Iran continues to cooperate with the IAEA and does not rule out that in the future inspectors from the agency may return.
◾️The Iranian missile program is at an appropriate level and continues its development.
◾️Uranium enrichment in Iran has not yet taken place following U.S. attacks on nuclear facilities, but there is no intention to abandon the process.
◾️The rockets from the Iranian program are not intended for attack but for defense, and they will never be equipped with nuclear warheads.
◾️Tehran allows for the possibility of direct talks with Washington in the future if the U.S. is willing to engage on equal terms.