US envoy claims Iran pressed for uranium enrichment during talks VIDEO

US President’s special envoy Steve Witkoff stated that Iran attempted to pressure the American delegation during recent nuclear program negotiations, underestimating President Donald Trump’s team.

In an interview with Fox News, Witkoff explained: “It was pretty silly, but they thought they could strong-arm us. You know, President Trump sent me and Jared [Kushner] there to to really determine on his behalf whether they were serious about doing a deal that addressed his objectives, which are elimination of their of their missile program, elimination of their advocacy and support for proxies, which is destabilizing the entire Middle East, elimination of their Navy so we can have freedom of the seas and not be threatened with the shutdown of the Gulf of Hormuz. And finally, no nuclear enrichment that can get them to weapons grade, which means no nuclear bomb."

Hannity: You are a negotiator, one of the most successful businessman, with some of the most beautiful golf courses, it defies all logic and reason for them to dictate to you.

Witkoff: It was pretty silly. They thought they could strong arm us. pic.twitter.com/xez3QO8xjg

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“And we went in there and tried to make a fair deal with them. And it was it was it was very, very clear that it was going to be impossible probably by the end of the second meeting. But we then went back for the third meeting just to give it the last college try. And, of course, they thought they wanted us to report positivity. It was not positive, that meeting,” he added.

Witkoff noted that during that first meeting, the Iranian negotiators also boasted having “an inalienable right” to enrich their nuclear fuel.

“In that first meeting, both the Iranian negotiators said to us directly, with no shame, that they controlled 460 kilograms of 60 percent, and they're aware that that could make 11 nuclear bombs, and that was the beginning of their negotiating stance. So they were proud of it. They were proud that they had evaded all sorts of oversight protocols to get to a place where they could deliver 11 nuclear bombs," he stressed.

Previously, Iranian authorities repeatedly emphasised the peaceful nature of their nuclear program.  In an interview with NBC News, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran is ready to take all necessary measures to confirm the peaceful character of its nuclear activities but has no intention of giving up the right to enrich uranium.

By Jeyhun Aghazada