Iran Foreign Minister: We don't want nuclear weapons

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Fox News alert now diplomats from Iran and six world powers including the United States are arriving in Istanbul.

This ahead of tomorrow's restart of talks.

Over Iran's nuclear program.

Meantime Iran's foreign minister has an op -- in today's Washington Post insisting his country's enrichment of high grade uranium is only for peaceful purposes.

And that Iran has no desire.

For nuclear weapons.

Joining us now someone who -- for more than a decade worked on efforts to keep -- -- of Iran's hands and that is John Bolton the former US ambassador to the United Nations.

And a Fox News contributor so MS I guess they just cancel their trip.

Because that Iran and for mr.

letting us -- that -- its offer -- says.

Right if if only I had -- that before I could have spared a lot of wasted effort I suppose that you know that.

Tackle -- -- this is obviously part of their charm offensive propaganda campaign.

They're gonna use these negotiations to play for time.

Proposing.

Compromises that don't really compromise my action.

Ideas that will simply drag the negotiation -- least that's that's my prediction for what they'll do tomorrow -- And Obama had a stern warning for the -- -- is this time saying it's your last chance.

Or else and they'd answer to that or else wasn't filled -- but he has used that language are they to take -- seriously.

I don't think they take -- the United States seriously I don't think they take the threat of military force from the Obama administration seriously.

I do think the president's statement was accurate to this extent not because of any thing his administration will do but because of the about likelihood at that point that -- -- would have to come to that.

Very difficult decision one way or the other whether they would use force and they might well consider a breakdown of these talks the the last straw real.

A there there are there's been.

Discussion about whether this will postpone Israel in its quest to strike Iran's nuclear facilities because now we're acting -- Asian diplomatic talks about ending the program at least and in part if not hole.

The nuclear and uranium enrichment program.

The administration says -- more time is a good thing because the sanctions are working the administration has been saying these sanctions against Iran -- economic -- that working.

And then there was this the director of Iran studies at Stanford University came out and said that these sanctions are seriously punish Iran's economy they're desperate right now.

And so we should believe the sanctions what say you.

Well I think that's just contrary to reality certainly Iran wants the negotiations to continue because.

That does give them political cover to argue with the United States and the Europeans to put pressure on Israel not to act.

But you know the director of.

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