Oman hosted five US-Iran talks; Israel struck Iran\u2019s nuclear sites days before the sixth round<\/p>\n
A view of Iranian centrifuge machines at the unknown facility. PHOTO: IRAN FRONT PAGE WEBSITE <\/p>\n
Iran said on Sunday that it would rebuild nuclear sites damaged by Israeli and US strikes \u201cstronger than before\u201d, as mediator Oman urged Tehran and Washington to revive stalled diplomacy.<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump has said the strikes obliterated Iran\u2019s nuclear programme, but the full extent of the actual damage remains unknown.<\/p>\n
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in a visit to the country\u2019s nuclear organisation, said Tehran \u201cwill build (the destroyed sites) stronger than before\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy destroying buildings\u2026 we will not be set back,\u201d he said in a video posted to his official website, adding that Iranian scientists still had the necessary nuclear know-how.<\/p>\n
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Pezeshkian did not elaborate. In similar remarks in February before the strikes, he said Tehran would rebuild its sites if they came under attack.<\/p>\n
Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran in June, kicking off a 12-day war that saw it target nuclear and military facilities \u2013 as well as residential areas \u2013 and kill many top scientists.<\/p>\n
Iran retaliated with ballistic missile barrages aimed at Israeli cities.<\/p>\n
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in July, after the United States announced a halt in fighting, that the damage in Iran was \u201cserious and severe\u201d.<\/p>\n
Pezeshkian\u2019s comments came as Oman, Iran\u2019s traditional intermediary, urged the two countries on Saturday to resume talks.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to return to the negotiations between Iran (and) the United States,\u201d Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said at the IISS Manama Dialogue conference in Bahrain.<\/p>\n
Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said Sunday that Tehran \u201chas received messages\u201d on resuming diplomacy, without providing further details.<\/p>\n
Oman hosted five rounds of US-Iran talks this year. Just three days before the sixth round, Israel launched its strikes against Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities.<\/p>\n
Iran has since faced the return of UN sanctions after Britain, Germany and France triggered the \u201csnapback\u201d mechanism over Tehran\u2019s alleged non-compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal.<\/p>\n
Some religious groups pressed Trump for the re-designation in a letter last month, according to a copy on the Hudson Institute think tank’s website.<\/p>\n
“Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical religious extremists are responsible for this mass slaughter,” Trump wrote without offering any specifics. He also called on the US House of Representatives Appropriations Committee to investigate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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