New Delhi, May 15 -- Asserting that Tehran has "never wanted nuclear weapons," Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi on Friday reaffirmed his country's commitment to a peaceful nuclear agenda, admitting that critical negotiations with Washington over enriched uranium have hit a temporary stalemate.

Addressing a press conference during his visit to the national capital for the 18th BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Araghchi maintained that Iran's strategic stance remains consistent with the 2015 nuclear agreement with the US; however, Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the deal during his first term in 2018, labelling it "defective".

"Iran has never wanted nuclear weapons, and we proved that when we signed the deal in 2015,...