TEHRAN, Iran, May 17 -- Iran's president said his country will continue talks with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program but will not withdraw from its rights because of US threats.

"We are negotiating, and we will negotiate, we are not after war but we do not fear any threat," President Masoud Pezeshkian said during a speech to navy officials broadcast by state television Saturday, reports AP.

"It is not like that they think if they threaten us, we will give up our human right and definite right," Pezeshkian said. "We will not withdraw, we will not easily loose honourable military, scientific, nuclear in all fields."

The negotiations have reached the "expert" level, meaning the sides are trying to reach agreemen...