Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said Tehran will not abandon its uranium enrichment programme despite significant damage caused by recent US and Israeli airstrikes, calling the programme a matter of "national pride", reported news agency ANI.

"It is now stopped because, yes, damages are serious and severe, but obviously, we cannot give up our enrichment because it is an achievement of our own scientists, and now, more than that, it is a question of national pride," Araghchi told US broadcaster in an interview aired on Monday, reported ANI.

Araghchi also signalled Iran`s willingness to re-engage in diplomacy, saying Iran is "open to talks" with the United States, though not directly "for the time being." According to ANI, he stated, "If they [the US] are coming for a win-win solution, I am ready to engage with them."