Iran foreign minister says Tehran not enriching uranium

Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, speaking with AP news agency in Tehran, said: "There is no undeclared nuclear enrichment in Iran. All of our facilities are under the safeguards and monitoring" of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The response is being interpreted as a sign that Iran is willing to resume negotiations about its nuclear program, which has been a massive point of contention between Tehran and countries such as the US, UK, France, Germany and Israel.

Araghchi's statement follows reports by the Washington Post and The New York Times newspapers claiming Iran is building a new enrichment facility near Natanz, where existing enrichment and storage sites were damaged in Israeli and US airstrikes.

The meeting, entitled, "International Law Under Assault: Aggression and Self-Defense," was organized by the Institute for Political and International Studies, which is closely linked to the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

Iran insists on right to enrichment

Israeli and US concerns that Iran was using its civilian nuclear program to produce weapons-grade uranium reached fever pitch this June, with both countries carrying out coordinated attacks on several nuclear facilities in the Islamic Republic.