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‘They fear our atomic bomb’, Iran says as regime refuses to stop nuclear mission & insists US forces ‘do not scare us’
IRAN’s top diplomat claimed today that enemies “fear” its atomic bomb, while refusing to stop the nuclear program which the country claims is “peaceful”.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi refused to budge on nukes, despite growing US pressure for a deal to wind down their development.
Speaking to diplomats at a summit in Tehran, he said: “I believe the secret of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s power lies in its ability to stand against bullying, domination and pressures from others.
“They fear our atomic bomb, while we are not pursuing an atomic bomb.
“Our atomic bomb is the power to say no to the great powers.
“The secret of the Islamic Republic’s power is in the power to say no to the powers.”
Araghchi insisted that he wasn’t intimidated by US President Donald Trump’s threats to “do a Venezuela” on Iran unless it agrees to a nukes deal.
Trump recently warned mullahs that the “consequences would be steep” if Iran did not back down.
He added that the US armada near Iran would “wait around awhile” as it did before last month’s raid on Caracas when Venezuelan tyrant Nicolas Maduro and his wife were snatched.
But Araghchi claimed that “military deployment in the region does not scare us”.
He said the blood-soaked regime will never stop enriching uranium, even if the US strikes Iran.
It comes as US special envoy for peace missions Steve Witkoff visited huge aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln as it lies, poised to strike, in the Arabian sea.
Witkoff said the soldiers were “keeping us safe and upholding President Trump’s message of peace through strength”, as tensions rise in the region.
He wrote on X: “We thanked the sailors and Marines, observed live flight operations, and spoke with the pilot who downed an Iranian drone that approached the carrier without clear intent.
“Proud to stand with the men and women who defend our interests, deter our adversaries, and show the world what American readiness and resolve look like, on watch every day.”
Peace talks in Oman collapsed after supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s henchmen refused to co-operate after US military chief General Brad Cooper arrived unexpectedly.
Sources likened it to “conducting negotiations with a gun on the table”.
The US and Iran were still in peace talks at the time of Trump’s huge surprise stealth bomber attack, which hit Iranian nuclear sites in June last year.
Trump is set to meet Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu this week to discuss progress on nuke talks.
It comes as brave Iranians told The Sun that the world has yet to “grasp the depth of catastrophe” of the regime’s bloody crackdown on protests.
Witnesses said the Ayatollah’s ruthless stooges gunned down children, burned bodies with acid, and broke the limbs of protesters.