Sheikh Rohani: No Compromise over Iran’s N Enrichment Right

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Iran's President Sheikh Hassan Rohani said he has plans to protect Iran's nuclear rights, while removing the other parties' concerns in the talks with the world powers.

However, he stressed that Tehran's uranium enrichment right is not negotiable.
"Iran's nuclear program is a national issue beyond partisan policies. The principles existing in this ground will be protected. That is to say, Iran's nuclear rights in accordance with the international regulations will be emphasized by this government," Rohani told a press conference in Tehran on Tuesday.

"We will not give up people's rights, but in the meantime, we favor interaction and dialogue," he said, explaining that his government is ready to start serious talks and dialogue with the opposing parties right away.

In parallel, he stated: "if the opposite side shares this preparedness, I am confident that the two sides' concerns will be removed through talks in a not long time," stressed the president.
"Yet, demands which are beyond the law, irrational or expired will lead to nowhere. Thus, we need to deal with this issue realistically," he added.
Rowhani reiterated that "talks and not threats should top the agenda", "and this is the key" to the settlement of the Iran-West nuclear standoff.
"Anyone thinking that he can impose his will on the Iranian nation through sanctions is gravely and deeply mistaken," the new Iranian president warned.

"Solution to the nuclear issue needs political resolve and not lengthy debates, and I as the president of Iran declare that the Islamic Republic has the political resolve to settle this problem and protect the Iranian people's rights while removing the concerns of the opposite side," he stressed.
Meanwhile, he hoped the opposite party to have this political will and if that proves to be the case, desirable result will be attained in the short, and not long, run," the new Iranian president said.

Reiterating that "a win-win solution is possible" and cautioning the US statesmen to give up the sanctions policy, Rohani said he will be trying to convince the world to accept that "Iran is just seeking its own rights and is no threat to any other world country, that "we do not intend to intrude in the other countries' domestic affairs, and that our (nuclear) activities are legal and peaceful".

Moreover, he reiterated that Iran's uranium enrichment right is "non-negotiable", stressing that "enrichment is among the rights of all countries in the framework of the Non-Proliferation Treaty [NPT]".
He reminded that Iran is a signatory to the NPT and the Safeguard Agreements and is a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] which supervises Iran's nuclear activities.

"Since day one, no one has ever said that we would give up enrichment, this is the inalienable right of the people," the Iranian President said.

Yet, he underlined that he has plans for future talks with the Group 5+1 [the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany], but declined to elaborate on his plans, saying that it is now too soon to publicize them.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team