Iran has the right to use atomic energy and conduct nuclear research, President Masoud Pezeshkian said.

“We [i.e. Iran] have the right to use atomic energy and conduct nuclear research for the benefit of [Iranian] society. No one has the right to take away this right of ours,” Pezeshkian said, reports IRIB state TV and radio.

Pezeshkian added that Iran did not seek war, and called on the country’s people to unite “against aggression.”