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Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian challenged Donald Trump’s authority to limit his country’s nuclear capabilities, according to statements reported by the Iranian Student News Agency on Sunday. The comments come amid continuing tensions between the United States and Iran regarding nuclear policy matters.<\/p>

Pezeshkian questioned the basis for such restrictions, stating: “Trump says Iran cannot make use of its nuclear rights but doesn’t say for what crime. Who is he to deprive a nation of its rights?”<\/p>

The president’s remarks underscore the persistent disagreements between Washington and Tehran on nuclear-related issues, with both nations maintaining opposing positions on Iran’s nuclear program development.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian questioned Donald Trump’s authority to restrict Iran’s nuclear capabilities during comments reported Sunday. The remarks highlight ongoing tensions between Washington and Tehran over nuclear policy disagreements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":54394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1776586938728.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-e9l","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24596,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/irans-president-defies-international-pressure-during-nuclear-negotiations\/","url_meta":{"origin":54395,"position":0},"title":"Iran’s President Defies International Pressure During Nuclear Negotiations","author":"Admin","date":"February 21, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian declared Saturday that Iran will resist international pressure during ongoing nuclear discussions with the United States. 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