Ali Shamkhani, who was speaking in a weekly political meeting of the Council’s secretariat experts and directors, said that Iran had been closely cooperating with the IAEA with complete transparency in its nuclear activities within NPT framework, and the Agency’s many inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities were clear testimonies to the claim.
About the latest developments in Iraq and Syria, the Leader’s representative in the Supreme National Security Council believed that definitely “these crises in the region including those in Lebanon seeks to create a margin of security for the Zionist regime and to engage great capacities of the Islamic world in internecine strife.”
He dismissed double standards and approach to the terrorism especially supporting armed rebel fighters in Syria as a direct interference with the country’s internal affairs as contributing to the crisis and thwarting attempts targeting the peace in many conferences and coalitions.
Shamkhani held that the only path to solve the problem in Syria would pass the path of respect for democracy and the will of the people in deciding on their own future and helping restore security and stability in the country as well as bringing to the table all Syrian sides of the conflict.
“Cutting logistical support and arms for the terrorists is also important in any ultimate positive outcome in the crisis,” Shamkhani asserted.
On the Obama’s letter to the Leader of the Islamic Republic where Obama called Iran’s Leader to fight, along with the US, against the ISIL as common enemy, and was severely criticized in the US Congress by Republicans, Shamkhani said that the letter was only one of many ‘confidential correspondences’ by the US leaders which bore clear contradictions; “The letter is an act purported to influence the domestic climate in the US; Iran’s clear and strong positions in the nuclear negotiations reminded the US president our strong will not to accept a nominal enrichment program,” he emphasized.
“Iran would not accept obligations beyond those ordained by the NPT; Iran has had transparent cooperation with the IAEA and with a good will; if the west accurately evaluates the realities adopting a rational approach to the issue, a deal would be in the outreach,” Shamkhani said.
He described sanctions against Iran as ‘cruel’ and ‘illegitimate’ which should be eliminated thank to Iran’s extensive cooperation with the IAEA.
Shamkhani believed that the US ‘absolutely’ sought to win the satisfaction of the Zionist regime in the negotiations, which would wield ‘serious barriers’ on the road to clinch a deal on negotiations climate.
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