Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araji:

Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araji:

The claim that Iran is on the verge of obtaining nuclear weapons is a big lie, concocted by Israel for the first time in 2003, and since then the United States and European countries have been parroting it.

Iran has been a loyal party to the NPT since 1970 and has been subject to extensive IAEA surveillance for decades.

The United States cannot credibly claim to be defending non-proliferation while attacking peaceful nuclear facilities protected by the IAEA.