TEHRAN – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has strongly rejected claims that the country is pursuing nuclear weapons, calling such accusations a fabricated narrative used by Israel and the United States to justify recent military aggression.
Speaking on Tuesday, at a ceremony commemorating cultural, artistic, and media figures martyred during the recent 12-day war with Israel and the U.S., Pezeshkian said Iran has never had any intention of building an atomic bomb.
The president condemned the attacks carried out by the United States and Israel, saying the two powers used the false pretext of nuclear weapons to strike Iranian civilian targets. “Under this excuse, they bombed our hospitals and residential neighborhoods, targeting defenseless civilians—women, children, and ordinary citizens,” he said.
Pezeshkian accused Washington and the Zionist regime of seeking to prevent Iran from becoming a strong and independent power in the region. “Our enemies don't want to see Iran stand on its own. But the Iranian people have not submitted to force and aggression—and they never will,” he declared.
He praised the unity shown by the Iranian public during the conflict, saying even those disillusioned with the government set aside their grievances to defend the homeland.
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