🎥 Iraqi: We are committed members of the NPT, and my question is, is the 60% enrichment illegal?

🎥 Iraqi: We are committed members of the NPT, and my question is, is the 60% enrichment illegal?

Ogobi Syed Abbas Irakchi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs said with the program of the meeting to the press:

Moderator: Mr. Foreign Minister, I emphasize again that this is enriched uranium, whose level of enrichment is 20 times higher than the level required to produce electricity. Only 3-5% enrichment is enough to produce electricity.

So why do you need 60% enriched uranium? Are you willing to allow America to come in and take these materials out to end the war?

Iraqchi: I can explain why we need it.

But you answer one question: is it illegal or not? According to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), we are bound by this treaty. But my question is, is 60% enrichment illegal or not?

Moderator: No, but was it done for peaceful purposes? I'm not talking about legal or illegal. My discussion is about peace goals. When the amount of enriched uranium is 20 times the amount needed to produce electricity...

Iraqchi: No, it was done for peaceful purposes. We have already answered this question.

In the previous negotiations, we resolved all the concerns raised in this regard. If there is still such a question, then why did they attack us on the ground? Are they allowed to bomb anything that is illegal in their opinion? Is there any justification for such an action? War is not the solution.

This issue was a matter for negotiation and we have negotiated it in the past. We have enriched uranium to the level of 60%, for peaceful purposes, and this action is within the framework of our commitments in the NPT. We have not violated the NPT. Yes, there are questions. We have answered these questions in the past, during negotiations, and we can do so again. There is no need for military action.