"We will defend our right to use nuclear energy by force" - Pezeshkian

Iran will use force to defend its inalienable right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, said the President of the Islamic Republic, Masoud Pezeshkian.

"We have the right to use nuclear energy and related research that benefits the country and society. This is the inalienable right of the Iranian people. No one can take it away from the Islamic Republic. We will defend this right by force," Pezeshkian was quoted as saying by his press service.