Iran’s Shamkhani Confirms Receiving US Letters: Not to Accept Decorative Nuclear Deal
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A top security official in Iran said Wednesday the Islamic Republic has written back in response to letters sent by US President Barack Obama, the first acknowledgement of such correspondence.
However, the Iranian official said nothing whether the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution His Eminence Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei wrote the letters.
The letters come as a US-led coalition battles the "ISIL" group in neighboring Iraq and as Iran and world powers negotiate a permanent deal regarding the country's contested nuclear program.
"This is not the first time that such a thing has taken place," said Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, during an appearance on state television Wednesday night. "It had previously taken place and necessary response was given to some of them."
Obama's recent letter to Imam Khamenei allegedly described a shared interest between the US and Iran in fighting the "ISIL" militants and stressed that any cooperation on that would be largely contingent on Iran agreeing to the nuclear deal, according to the Wall Street Journal.
However, Shamkhani said the letter "mainly focused on nuclear issues."
We responded "that we can't accept at all to have a decorative, caricaturist nuclear industry," Shamkhani said.
There was no immediate response in Washington to Shamkhani's comments.
Iran and six world powers - the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany - are negotiating a final nuclear accord now.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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