Abbas Araghchi: “Why did we insist on uranium enrichment?”
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– “Why have we insisted—and continue to insist—so much on enrichment (uranium)? Why are we unwilling to give it up, even if war is imposed upon us? Because no one has the right to tell us what we should or should not possess. This is based on the principle of rejecting domination (nefy-i sulte).
Enrichment is my right under the laws, and whether I exercise that right or not concerns only me. The narrative that’s been told to us for years and still continues—’You have no right to enrich; enrichment must be zero’… Why? ‘Because we’re concerned,’ they say.
If you’re concerned, we’re ready to address those concerns. Is there a question? We’ll answer it. Is trust lacking? We’ll build trust. But no one has the right to say to us, ‘You can’t have this because I don’t want you to’.
This is the secret of our movement that’s persisted for years; we’ve been insistent about our own rights. Enrichment is important, but even more important is proving that the Islamic Republic of Iran takes no orders from anyone and submits to no domination.
If there are any questions or uncertainties regarding the goals of Iran’s peaceful nuclear program, we’re ready to provide answers and dispel that uncertainty. The path to that is solely through diplomacy. They’ve tried other paths and gotten nowhere.
Negotiations will only reach a conclusion when the rights of the Iranian people are acknowledged, respected, and we can exercise our right. We’re not waiting for anyone to recognize our right; our right is already legitimate in and of itself, our right exists. What we want is for our right to be respected.”
In my view, this statement by Abbas Araghchi is not just a dignified response to the United States, but to the condescending mentality they’ve represented toward us Muslims for nearly a century. This response is a declaration that the era of your bullying and dictating values has come to a close. If Iran emerges from this war with its honor intact, then—God willing—neither will the United States be the old United States, nor will Muslims be the old Muslims.
Nuclear Apartheid: When Power Decides Who Has Rights and Who Doesn’t
He is right—every country has the right to civilian nuclear energy. This is a fundamental right for every nation. Nuclear technology is used in everyday life for the following:
Nuclear technology is quietly behind hundreds of products and services you use every day, ranging from the food in your pantry to the safety devices on your ceiling.
Home & Personal Safety
• Smoke Detectors: Most household smoke detectors contain a tiny amount of Americium-241, a radioisotope that ionizes the air to detect smoke particles.
• Self-Luminous Signs: “Exit” signs in buildings and airplanes often use Tritium gas to glow in the dark without needing batteries or electricity.
• Personal Care: Many cosmetics, bandages, and even contact lens solutions are sterilized using gamma radiation to ensure they are free of bacteria before they reach you.
Food & Agriculture
• Irradiated Food: To prevent spoilage and kill harmful bacteria like E. coli, foods such as spices, fruits, and meats are often treated with ionizing radiation.
• Non-Stick Cookware: Radiation is used to “cross-link” the coatings on non-stick pans, making them more durable and resistant to scratches.
• Hardier Crops: Many modern varieties of rice, wheat, and cocoa were created through “mutation breeding,” where seeds are exposed to radiation to develop better resistance to disease or drought.
Health & Medicine
• Sterile Medical Supplies: Roughly half of all single-use medical products, including syringes, surgical gloves, heart valves, and bandages, are sterilized with gamma rays because it’s a “cold” process that won’t melt plastic.
• Cancer Treatments: Targeted radiation therapy uses radioisotopes to destroy tumors with extreme precision.
• Diagnostic Tools: Technologies like PET and SPECT scans use radioactive tracers to create 3D images of your organs to find heart disease or neurological disorders early.
Industrial & High-Tech
• Space Batteries: Deep-space probes like Voyager and the Mars rovers are powered by “nuclear batteries” (Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators) because solar panels don’t work well far from the sun.
• Manufacturing Gauges: Radioactive sources are used in high-speed factory lines to ensure soda bottles are filled to the exact level or to measure the precise thickness of paper and sheet metal.
• Gemstone Enhancement: The brilliant colors in many topaz, diamonds, and sapphires are produced or enhanced by exposing the stones to radiation.
But the U.S. and Israel insist that Iran should not even have nuclear energy. That is the most absurd demand. For Israel to have the audacity to say Iran should not even have nuclear energy is, in itself, an insult—especially when it has not opened its own nuclear program for inspection and is sitting on hundreds of nuclear weapons. That, in itself, is a slap in the face of rationality, and yet it has gone to war to destroy Iran’s nuclear energy program. What kind of reasoning is this?
People have fallen into Israel syndrome thinking that Iran is bad and they are good, so Iran should not have nuclear weapons—or even civilian nuclear energy. They are seen as the “good” ones. But look at the number of killings carried out in the Middle East. “Israel” slaughtered over 75,000 Palestinians, including 10,000 children under 10 in Gaza. Within 40 days of the initial war, they killed 3,000 civilians in Iran and over 2,000 civilians in Lebanon. So tell me—which country is dangerous?
Do you know how many Israeli citizens have died in the war? About 20. Iran and Hezbollah target military installations and do not intentionally target civilians. So Iran is labeled a dangerous state and must not even have nuclear capability for civilian purposes—this is absurd and insane.
– The Movement for Social Change; Watch: https://x.com/xortonun_babasi/status/2043349895998845347?s=46
