Iran claims right to nuclear prowess following Israel strikes, but remains silent on negotiations with US

Iran connected Friday confirmed it volition not extremity its atomic programs contempt the overnight attacks by Israel connected its atomic facilities and evident continued U.S. efforts to conscionable with Iranian counterparts connected Sunday.

In a connection released by the Iranian government, Tehran claimed Israel’s onslaught proved it has a "right to enrichment and atomic exertion and rocket capability."

"The force has caused our victimhood and legitimacy to beryllium proven arsenic to who is the aggressor and which authorities threatens the information of the region," the connection said.

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Smoke rises aft an detonation successful Tehran, Iran, connected Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

The comments not lone followed Israel’s onslaught that killed 7 apical officials – including 4 military commanders, 1 authoritative allegedly progressive successful the atomic talks with the U.S., and 2 atomic scientists – but besides aft the committee of governors from the U.N.’s atomic watchdog connected Thursday declared Iran is in breach of its non-proliferation obligations for the archetypal clip successful astir 20 years.

Despite the ceremonial rebuke implicit its atomic violations, including its important stockpiles of near-weapons-grade uranium, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed Tehran would proceed to enrich uranium – the halfway hiccup successful ongoing U.S.-Iran atomic negotiations. 

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Israel’s targeted attacks connected Iran’s atomic and rocket infrastructure aboriginal Friday took retired 2 apical Iranian generals; Gen. Hossein Salami, the person of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, left, and Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of unit of Iranian equipped forces. (Iranian Leader Press Office / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images | Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"The cowardly nocturnal cognition portion the diplomatic process connected the atomic contented of Iran was underway is simply a motion of this regime's fearfulness of Iran's powerfulness of persuasion and defence for the world," Tehran said Friday. 

Iranian governmental heads person claimed that the overnight strikes mean Tehran volition not proceed with atomic negotiations with Washington, D.C., and that a gathering acceptable with Middle East Special Envoy Steve Witkoff successful Oman connected Sunday was off. 

However, the Trump medication has not confirmed these claims and neither has the Iranian regime. 

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian condemns Israel's onslaught and the rebuke issued by the U.N.'s IAEA implicit Iran's atomic programme violations. (Iran's statesmanlike website/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)

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Neither the White House nor the State Department instantly responded to Fox News Digital's questions regarding the talks. 

President Donald Trump is acceptable to clasp a information gathering astatine 11 a.m. connected Friday, erstwhile the aboriginal of the talks is expected to beryllium addressed.