Talking in a press conference on implementation of JCPOA on Sunday, President Rouhani deemed the day as historic and exceptional in Iran’s political and economic arena, a turning point, which is bearing fruit after years of resistance and patience, nonstop efforts by nuclear scientists, politicians and diplomats as well as economic officials.
“Today Iran’s nuclear program is a path to expansion of all-out ties in fields of economy, technology and science, not an excuse for pressing and imposing sanctions,” he underlined.
Rouhani said “our nuclear program today is not falsely regarded as a threat to regional and international peace, but it is a way to modern technologies in benefit of Iran’s development and region’s stability.”
“Iran proved that it enjoys a great power; power of diplomacy; now it is clear that dialogue can be held with the entire world in favor of the region and the world,” President Rouhani asserted.
He further hailed the constructive role of Iran’s Leader of Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei in the procedure of nuclear negotiations, saying Iran would never reach this point if the Leader had not guided and supported the talks and the negotiating team.
Regarding possible difficulties in implementation of JCPOA, he added that “such problems are likely; but regardless of the group which will seize power in US next year, they must know that commitments of the United States will remain in place and no matter who wins, they must be committed to it and UNSC Resolution 2231 proves this.”
Highlighting efforts by the Zionists and radicals inside the United States to undermine the deal, President Rouhani asserted that the world has now realized that sanction policy is a ‘lose-lose’ for all; “world has now realized that Iran is trustworthy and the PMD issue proved that Iranian government is a moral government and has had no deviations in its nuclear path, so they now have more trust in us.”
In response to a question on reaction to possible breach of JCPOA by the US, Iranian president emphasized that it ‘obviously’ was likely from US. “Our people have witnessed many unfair acts and lack of commitment form the US through history and the JCPOA will not make us trust the Americans; any action will have its proper reactions.”
Hassan Rouhani dubbed negotiations as a role model for solving global issues including problems in the Middle East; criticizing Saud Arabia for its misbehavior regarding ‘morality’ and ‘diplomacy’ in Mina incident and aggression against Yemen, emphasized that Iran sought friendly ties with neighboring countries.
“What we seek is solution of regional problems through rational ways; meanwhile, our people and government will never tolerate non-diplomatic, wrong policies and behaviors and when necessary will react severely,” he asserted.
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