Iranian President Pezhichiyan said in Tehran on⁤ the 16th that​ Iran is not trying to develop ⁤nuclear weapons ​and is still⁢ committed to maintaining the ‌framework of the JCPOA on Iran’s nuclear issue.

Pezeshchiyan said at his ⁢first ‌press conference after taking office that day: “We are not trying to develop nuclear weapons, but‍ only trying to meet ⁣our technical and scientific needs.” He said that Iran​ is still committed to maintaining the framework of the Iran nuclear agreement, ⁣The ‍failure of “other⁣ countries” to fulfill the ‌terms of the agreement forced Iran to abandon its ​original intentions. If the United States and some European countries promise to⁣ continue to implement the terms of the agreement, Iran will also comply.

Pezeshchiyan also said that‍ Iran has never been a war party and has no hostility⁣ towards other countries, but Iran needs to maintain its defense capabilities to ensure the security of the ⁢country and ⁢its ‌people.

In July ‍2015, Iran reached the Iran nuclear⁤ deal with the United States, ‍Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany. In May 2018, the ⁣United States unilaterally withdrew from the agreement, and then restarted and added ⁣a series of new sanctions against Iran. Since ​May 2019, Iran has gradually suspended implementation of some of the terms of the agreement, but promised that the ‌measures taken⁢ were “reversible.” Since April 2021, the relevant parties of the Iran nuclear deal have held several⁢ rounds of talks in Vienna, the capital ‌of Austria, to discuss the issue of the United States ‍and Iran ⁤resuming compliance with the agreement, with the United ‌States indirectly participating in the discussions. In early August 2022, ‌the EU presented a “final text“‍ to the negotiating participants on the⁢ resumption of ⁤implementation of the Iran nuclear deal, after which Iran ⁣and the United States exchanged written views on this text, but the negotiations have not achieved any significant results since September 2022.