, April 9 -- Iran's nuclear chief has dismissed calls to restrict the country's uranium enrichment programme as a "pipe dream," reaffirming Tehran's stance amid a newly announced ceasefire involving the United States and Israel.

President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami made the remarks on Thursday while speaking to reporters in Tehran, according to local media.

Eslami said no law or external pressure could halt Iran's nuclear progress, adding that demands to abandon uranium enrichment were "nonsensical." He claimed that years of hostile actions against Iran, including the recent war, had failed to achieve their objectives.

He further argued that calls for limitations through negotiations were aimed at ...