Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian stated at the UN that Iran will never seek to manufacture an atomic bomb, rejecting the accusations of the West.

At the UN General Assembly, Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian stated that Iran has no intention of developing nuclear weapons, emphasizing that it has not and will never seek to manufacture an atomic bomb. The statements come amid tense negotiations with France, the United Kingdom, and Germany, in the context of the reimposition of UN sanctions on Iran. Pezeshkian described the reimposition of sanctions as illegal and mentioned that Europeans are conditioning the continuation of negotiations on the access of IAEA inspectors to Iranian nuclear facilities.