Israel National News reports: “Iran on Monday firmly rejected any suspension of its uranium enrichment activities, a core demand from the United States in ongoing nuclear negotiations, AFP reported.

The negotiations, which commenced in April, mark the highest-level contact between the two nations since the US withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement under President Donald Trump. Trump, in is second term in office, has revived his ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on the Islamic Republic, while also backing diplomacy but warning of military action if talks fail.

US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, leading the American delegation, has stated that the United States ‘could not authorize even one percent’ of enrichment by Iran.

‘This information is a figment of the imagination and totally false,’ stated foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei when asked about a possible enrichment suspension on Monday…”