The Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says Iran has never had and will never have a nuclear weapons program.

According to The Iran Project, The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says the Islamic Republic does not seek to obtain nuclear weapons.

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

"Trump has said that Iran should not have nuclear weapons; Iran had no intention of obtaining nuclear weapons, does not have and will not have," he stressed.
"Our approach is clear, Iran's peaceful energy program is within the framework of the NPT," he further underlined.

US President Donald Trump says that he is willing to talk to his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian. Donald Trump made the remarks while he was set to resume his hostile maximum pressure campaign on Iran as part of a flurry of directives signed ahead of his meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

He said that he was willing to work out a deal with Iran, and also added that he was ready to talk to his Iranian counterpart.