Overview
- Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh said Iran will not give up or ship its enriched uranium and called U.S. terms “maximalist.”
- He added that Iran will not take part in face-to-face talks with the United States under the current demands.
- President Trump posted that talks would take place in Pakistan and urged recovering Iran’s “nuclear dust,” a claim Iranian officials reject.
- Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf tied nuclear talks to regional pressure, saying Strait of Hormuz limits would continue until the U.S. lifts what Iran calls a blockade of its ports.
- Independent analysts flagged the underground Pickaxe Mountain site as a verification risk because it sits deep under rock and has not been opened to IAEA inspectors.