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  "id": 15056679,
  "title": "Iran denies nuclear ambitions, says ready for talks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/iran-denies-nuclear-ambitions-says-ready-for-talks-15056679",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T21:21:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
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    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2026/10/17/iran-denies-nuclear-ambitions-says-ready-for-talks"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Friday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated that Iran has no intention of acquiring nuclear weapons and that US sanctions against Tehran are unjustifiable and inhumane. The statement came during talks with Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze at a UN biodiversity summit in Yerevan, Armenia.\n\nPezeshkian emphasized that Iran is ready for dialogue and rejects accusations that Iran seeks nuclear weapons, describing such claims as lies. He also denounced US sanctions against Iran as unjustifiable and inhumane, stating that Iran will not bow to coercion.\n\nDuring his meeting with Kobakhidze, Pezeshkian called for a clear timeline to increase cooperation between Iran and Georgia, according to Iran's Tasnim news agency. The report quoted Kobakhidze as opposing foreign interference in neighboring countries' internal affairs, though his office did not elaborate on this statement in its own account of the meeting.\n\nKobakhidze highlighted the importance of dialogue and diplomacy in achieving de-escalation and lasting peace. Georgia's Civil Aviation Agency announced in September that it would comply with US sanctions, but Kobakhidze insisted that Tbilisi was not imposing its own bilateral sanctions on Iran.",
  "summary": "Iran's president says the country is being targeted with 'malicious propaganda'.",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Iran denies nuclear ambitions, says ready for talks",
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        "published": "2026-10-16T16:37:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Iran not seeking nuclear weapons and ‘ready for dialogue’, Pezeshkian says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/iran-not-seeking-nuclear-weapons-and-ready-for-dialogue-pezeshkian",
        "published": "2026-10-16T16:44:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Iran denies nuclear ambitions, says ready for talks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/iran-denies-nuclear-ambitions-says-ready-for-talks-15057822",
        "published": "2026-10-16T21:21:30.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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