Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has dismissed claims that Iran seeks a nuclear bomb, saying the narrative has been used for more than two decades to frighten the international community and exert political pressure.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has asserted that Tehran does not intend to build a nuclear bomb.

Iran being able to enrich enough uranium to produce a nuclear bomb could be a "matter of weeks," U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken told NBC in an interview published Monday.