Saeed Khatibzadeh made the remarks in reaction to the statement issued by the US and the European troika- France, Germany, and Britain.
Referring to Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei's fatwa (verdict) which prohibits building nuclear weapons, the spokesman said that the top officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran have always stressed that the country is not and will be not after nuclear weapons.
Nuclear weapons have no place in the Islamic Republic's defense doctrine, Khatibzadeh noted.
He went on to say that Iran, as a responsible member of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has been cooperating with the technical body within the framework of Safeguards Agreements.
Iran has proved its goodwill through full faithfulness to its commitments even a year after the US May 2018 unilateral withdrawal from the international nuclear deal, aka Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Further, he said Tehran welcomes the other sides' determination to fully return to their commitments.
"Our criterion is the other side's action [practical measure]."
As the spokesman stressed, the new US government continues the maximum pressure policy although it had already declared the reverse stance.
After its unilateral withdrawal from the Iran Deal, the United States imposed, as it claimed, the highest level of sanctions against Iran in November 2018.
About what was said at the statement on uranium enrichment, the spokesman said that the purpose behind Iran's enrichment, as it has already been declared, is peaceful.
Uranium enrichment in Iran is for medical and non-military use, he added.
The spokesman stated that such a stance which is against realities will not have positive outcomes.
What mentioned in the statement as a nuclear crisis is false and just a propaganda campaign.
1483**9417
Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish
Your Comment