Rouhani: No dismantling of Iran’s Nuclear Facilities

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Iran will not dismantle its nuclear facilities, President Hassan Rouhani said in an interview with The Financial Times published on Friday, after a historic deal between Tehran and world powers.

Asked by the newspaper whether dismantling Iran's atomic facilities was a "red line" for the Islamic republic, Rouhani replied: "100 per cent".

Rouhani repeated his statements that Iran had no interest in adding nuclear weapons to their defense arsenal and said that discussions over the coming months would be a "best test" of the embryonic trust emerging between the World powers and Tehran.
"Iran-US problems are very complicated and cannot be resolved over a short period of time. Despite the complications, there has been an opening over the past 100 days, which can widen later," he told the FT.

In the interview, Rouhani said the removal of sanctions would help his team's economic efforts, but much could be achieved before a lifting of the restrictions through more efficient management.

"If you go through my program, you will see that under the existing sanctions we have managed to lower the inflation. Under the existing sanctions we have predicted that our economic growth rate will be positive [in the next Iranian fiscal year]," he said. "But, at the same time, if sanctions are lifted or eased, we can naturally see its impact on the economy."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team