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Iran's Nuclear Issue In Agreement With NPT : Araghchi

Moscow, Nov 17, IRNA - Visiting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Asian and Oceania affairs Seyed Abbas Araghchi noted here on Friday, Iran's nuclear issue compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty. He made the remarks in an interview with the Russia Today TV. 'Iran would continue cooperation with the IAEA based on the NPT; Tehran will not abandon its nuclear rights which NPT guarantees for every members state.' The high-ranking official rejected the possibility of US war against Iran, pointing to the US problematic situation in Iraq and Afghanistan. 'The consequences of any type of military interference in the regional countries will be catastrophic; sanction approach has proved to be useless; Iran's nuclear issue has diplomatic solution.' Visiting Iranian deputy foreign minister for Asian and Oceania affairs declared also in an interview with IRNA that Tehran and Moscow have joint position against the foreign interference in Syria and foreign presence in Afghanistan. He made the remarks in an interview with IRNA correspondent in Moscow on the sideline of the second meeting of deputy foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization on Afghanistan, there. 'I discussed latest developments in Syria, Afghanistan, Iran's nuclear issue as well as the security and stability of the Central Asia, Caucus region and the Caspian Sea region with the Russian counterparts.' 'Iran and Russia are committed to develop cooperation on bilateral and international issues; Tehran and Moscow believe that the exit of foreign forces from Afghanistan is necessary for the establishment of peace and stability there.' Araghchi attended the second meeting of deputy foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization on Afghanistan in Moscow on Wednesday. During his stay in Moscow, Araghchi held meetings with a number of Russian officials and discussed the latest developments in the region and the world with them. In the meantime, in case of Iran's nuclear issue, it is important to know that Israel has been using all its power and allies to push Tehran into isolation. Tel Aviv and its main ally Washington accuse Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian nuclear program, while they have never presented any corroborative evidence to substantiate their allegations. Iran denies the charges and insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only. Despite the rules enshrined in the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) entitling every member state, including Iran, to the right of uranium enrichment, Tehran is now under four rounds of UN Security Council sanctions and the western embargos for turning down West's calls to give up its right of uranium enrichment. Tehran has dismissed the West's demand as politically tainted and illogical, stressing that sanctions and pressures merely consolidate Iranians' national resolve to continue the path. Political observers believe that the United States has remained at loggerheads with Iran mainly over the independent and home-grown nature of Tehran's nuclear technology, which gives the Islamic Republic the potential to turn into a world power and a role model for the other third-world countries. Washington has laid much pressure on Iran to make it give up the most sensitive and advanced part of the technology, which is uranium enrichment, a process used for producing nuclear fuel for power plants./end

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