Iran nuclear stance unlikely to shift, says Araghchi

Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araqchi says Tehran's opposition to nuclear weapons is unlikely to shift.

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00:00Meanwhile, Arachi said the country's stance against developing nuclear weapons is unlikely to change in a significant way.

00:06However, he cautioned that the new Supreme Leader, Moshtabah Khamenei, has not yet publicly outlined his position on the issue.

00:14The former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed early in the war, had opposed weapons of mass destruction

00:22through a fatwa issued in the early 2000s.

00:25Western countries, including the US and Israel, have long accused Tehran of pursuing nuclear weapons, despite Iran's insistence that its

00:33program is for civilian purposes only.