Iran's nuclear program led to direct military confrontation against Iran last month from Israel and the

U.S. Now, the Islamic Republic is trying to stabilize its nation, its program, and its negotiating stance

with the West. Our Nick Schifrin was among a group of reporters who sat down in New York this

morning with Iran's top nuclear negotiator, and he's here with us now.

So, Nick, what did he have to say? The bottom line is that Iran is maintaining its insistence on

enriching uranium domestically, and that is the core of what the president and his administration

is trying to prevent. The briefing this morning in New York, as you said, Jeff,

was from Qasem Garib Abadi, one of Iran's deputy foreign ministers. He laid out a hard line,

as expected, perhaps, before Iran and Europe meet next at the end of this week for the first time since the war. He said that Iran was, quote, more determined than before the war to maintain its right to enrich domestically, that he would not accept a regional consortium of enrichment outside of Iran, as the Trump administration has raised.

He said Iran did not trust the U.S. to resume any kind of direct negotiations.

He also said there was no Iranian formal assessment of the impact of those U.S.

strikes on the nuclear facilities, even though his boss, Foreign Minister of Basaranshi,

earlier this week, admitted that those strikes, quote, seriously damaged the facilities.

But he did say that a technical team from the Iran nuclear watchdog would soon be in Iran

to talk about possible future verification.