We will not bow down: Iran trade barbs with US over zero nuclear enrichment demand

The US and Iran openly sparred at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday over the terms for reviving stalled nuclear negotiations. Washington has made it clear that it remains open to direct talks, while Tehran has rejected US demands as unfair and unlawful. The exchange came after months of derailed diplomacy following a war between Iran and Israel that pulled the United States into the conflict. The US and Iran had completed five rounds of indirect nuclear talks before a 12-day conflict erupted in June between Iran and Israel. Washington later joined the war, carrying out strikes on Iranian…