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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran’s Shamkhani Says It Has a Right to Continue Nuclear Research

France's top diplomat Emmanuel Bonne shakes hands with Ali Shamkhani, the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran in Tehran, Iran July 10, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo

Iran's top security official Ali Shamkhani said on Saturday that it has a right to continue nuclear research and development that cannot be curbed by any agreement.

"Iran's legal right to continue research and development and maintain its peaceful nuclear capabilities and achievements, side by side with its security ... cannot be curbed by any agreement," Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said in a post on Twitter, Reuters reported.

Earlier on Friday, the United States restored sanctions waivers to Iran to allow international nuclear cooperation projects.

This came as indirect US-Iranian talks on reviving the 2015 international nuclear deal with Tehran enter the final stretch.

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