Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday that his country will continue its uranium enrichment plan, despite the pressure from the United States to halt it. Araghchi stated that Iran will not back down from its nuclear rights, but is ready to adopt “confidence-building and transparency measures.” The minister said that Washington is fundamentally opposed to enrichment plans, believing them to be a step towards obtaining nuclear weapons. “If they pursue such a goal, an agreement will definitely not be reached,” he warned. Earlier this month, senior adviser for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Hossein Ranjbaran said that the enrichment program is a “non-negotiable demand of Iranian people.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed hope that the US will be successful in its effort to halt this program.