Iran Will Resolve Nuclear Dispute

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic will resolve the dispute over its nuclear program through constructive interaction with the world.

“In the path of constructive interaction with the world, we will get the nuclear issue to a conclusion,” President Rouhani said.

“Do not doubt that the P5+1 countries, the Western world, the Eastern world and the region all need to have constructive interaction with Iran,” he said.

Pointing to Iran’s crucial steps to reach a deal with the P5+1, he noted that world countries have recognized and accepted the main aspects of the country’s nuclear program.

“Today, the world accepts that enrichment will be carried out on Iranian soil; the world accepts that we will have a heavy water reactor in Arak; the world accepts that we will continue research and development (R&D) work; the world accepts that we will proceed with our activities at Fordow nuclear facility,” Rouhani said.

The Iranian president noted that the world has realized that it is time to end the cruel sanctions against the country.

He expressed confidence that the Iranian nation would achieve the final victory in the nuclear issue.

He also added that the world needs Iran to improve global security and economic situation and noted that a large number of foreign companies are preparing for business with Iran in the coming months.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also said the recognition of the Iranian nation’s rights is the way to reach a final agreement with the P5+1 countries.

“All have come to the conclusion that logic and interaction are the ways to deal with the Iranian nation,” Zarif said.

Zarif said the world, including the US, has come to the conclusion that the Iranian nation cannot be dealt with through pressure and war, as Iran is a nation of dialog, logic and reaching settlements.

The top Iranian nuclear negotiator said that during the last round of the talks with the P5+1 countries in the Austrian capital, Vienna, the Iranian team showed well that it is a serious negotiating partner by, inter alia, insisting for a timeframe for the negotiations and demanding that the talks not be open-ended.

He emphasized that the structure of Iran’s nuclear program will be preserved under any deal.

“Our programs in Arak heavy water reactor and other issues will continue to be pursued with seriousness and in cooperation with the international community and through access to state-of-the-art technologies,” the Iranian minister said.

Zarif said Iran demands nothing beyond its rights because, in accordance with a fatwa (religious decree) by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei as well as strategic calculations, the country’s nuclear program is and will be entirely peaceful.

Zarif said Iran does not worry about reaching an agreement with the P5+1. “An agreement is useful for us; it does us no harm. We are not after nuclear weapons,” he said.

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