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President Trump described.

President Trump described

America's attacks on your country as a

spectacular success. What is your

spectacular success What is your

assessment?

assessment

It is quite normal that during a

military attack on facilities, they

military attack on facilities they

incur damage and the infrastructure is

destroyed. What is important is that

destroyed What is important is that

science, knowhow, technology, and

science knowhow technology and

industry, they're longstanding and

industry they're longstanding and

deeply rooted in the history of Iran.

deeply rooted in the history of Iran

So, how long would it take you to

So how long would it take you to

rebuild

to the position that you were in before.

to the position that you were in before

the US strikes?

the US strikes

It doesn't matter how long it takes.

It doesn't matter how long it takes

What matters is that the knowhow is in

our possession and we will rebuild it

with our national will and according to

our national plans.

our national plans

So why did you enrich uranium to 60%

So why did you enrich uranium to 60

levels which is above what is necessary

for nuclear energy and not far off

weapons grade enrichment. Why why did

weapons grade enrichment Why why did

you go to those levels?

you go to those levels

The enrichment percentage, which is

The enrichment percentage which is

presented is public opinion and in the

media is fueled by politicians,

media is fueled by politicians

adventurers and our enemies. The

adventurers and our enemies The

enrichment percentage is not necessarily

for weapons when it is high. We need

for weapons when it is high We need

higher enrichment for our sensitivities,

higher enrichment for our sensitivities

precision, measurement tools. No one is

precision measurement tools No one is

selling us these items. We have been

selling us these items We have been

under sanctions for years. We need these

under sanctions for years We need these

products for the safety system of our

reactors and for sensitive processes

used for managing our reactors.

used for managing our reactors

What is your message to the US?

What is your message to the US

president? Are you willing to restart

president Are you willing to restart

direct negotiations with the Americans

to talk about your nuclear program?

to talk about your nuclear program

Uh,

there is no need to talk to them. The

there is no need to talk to them The

United States government has committed

great injustice and oppression to the

Iranian people.

Iranian people

has inflicted heavy blows on Iran since

the beginning of the Islamic Revolution,

the beginning of the Islamic Revolution

and has recently carried out military

aggressions against our country. The US

aggressions against our country The US

government is an aggressor and that has

violated the rights of the Iranian

people. A country that allows its puppet

people A country that allows its puppet

and proxy force, the Israeli regime in

and proxy force the Israeli regime in

the region to slaughter innocent people

in this way. Such a country is not

in this way Such a country is not

recognized by anyone to talk to them. An

recognized by anyone to talk to them An

enemy is an enemy even if they have not

shown hostility. While the US hostility

shown hostility While the US hostility

is great, it is futile to talk to such

is great it is futile to talk to such

an enemy. While indirect talks were held

an enemy While indirect talks were held

and negotiations were in progress, they

and negotiations were in progress they

carried out military attacks. One

carried out military attacks One

advantage of the indirect negotiations

is that there is a third party who

witnessed the negotiations and it's

recorded in history. They came to the

recorded in history They came to the

negotiating table and then abandoned it

and forgot that they had made a promise

and had made an agreement.

and had made an agreement

The US government is notorious for

breaking promises. It has many broken

breaking promises It has many broken

promises and no one can trust them

anymore.

anymore

You can trust the United States only after

they proved that they are trustworthy.

they proved that they are trustworthy

But when they are full of broken

promises, no one would trust them.

promises no one would trust them

The Israelis have destroyed your nuclear

facilities. They've destroyed your air

facilities They've destroyed your air

defenses. They've destroyed a lot of

defenses They've destroyed a lot of

your air force. They've taken out your

your air force They've taken out your

key nuclear scientists. They now have

key nuclear scientists They now have

domination in the skies above Iran and

will probably seek to maintain that.

will probably seek to maintain that

Is this what the world wants?

Is this what the world wants

Is this what the international community

is seeking?

is seeking

What value has it created?

What value has it created

This is a crime and this genocide that

is being committed in Gaza. You saw what

is being committed in Gaza You saw what

the country's voters for at the United

Nations in the last few days. They voted

Nations in the last few days They voted

against the genocide and against these

crimes. These crimes have no precedent

crimes These crimes have no precedent

in history. Israel has whitewashed the

in history Israel has whitewashed the

faces of criminals throughout human

history. Never in history has such

history Never in history has such

genocide been committed previously, have

genocide been committed previously have

such crimes and this aggression been

committed before ever. The world should

committed before ever The world should

not allow such a rabid dog to oppress

the world. We are here. We are alive.

the world We are here We are alive

And we will continue our work.

And we will continue our work

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