TEHRAN, April 24 (Bernama-MNA) -- The spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry says the narrative of an Iranian nuclear bomb has been used to frighten the world for more than two decades, calling it as a political fabrication designed to exert pressure.
Mehr news agency (MNA) reported Esmaeil Baghaei, speaking in an interview aired on Thursday, emphasised that the concerns raised about Iran's nuclear programme lack any real basis.
"For more than two decades, the world has been terrorised by the narrative of Iran's nuclear bomb; while this issue has been more of a political fabrication for pressure than a reality," he said.
"Nevertheless, Iran once entered negotiations and reached an agreement precisely to address these very claims," he added.
Baghaei said despite the US-Israeli aggression in June last year, the decision was made to engage in a negotiation process.
Despite the events of June when the US and Israel waged on unprovoked terrorist war on Iran, the decision was made to enter the negotiation process, and in the final round, an agreement was reached on some key parameters for an initial understanding, he said, according to Press TV.
From the other side's perspective, these parameters were aimed at addressing their concerns, while from Iran's perspective, they were designed to guarantee Iran's nuclear rights, Baghaei explained.
"Based on that, at the proposal of the other side, it was agreed to hold a meeting in Vienna with the presence of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to discuss the technical dimensions of the issue," Baghaei said.
"That was the last joint agreement between the two sides."
US and Israel began coordinated aggression against Iran since February 28, killing late supreme leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei, senior Iranian officials and civilians.
Iranian armed forces responded by launching missile and drone operations targeting locations in the Israeli-occupied territories as well as US military bases and assets across the region.
-- BERNAMA-MEHR
