President: Iran Employs Power for Ensuring Regional Peace
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani decried the use of military force as a gesture of power, reaffirming that Iran employs its power to bring about peace and security in the region, a clear sign of which was Tehran’s diplomatic success in nuclear talks with major world powers.
“We want to use our power for the sake of peace, stability and security in the region,” Rouhani said on Saturday, in an address to the 6th General Assembly of Ahl-ul-Bayt (AS) World Assembly in Tehran.
He stressed that Iran’s power comes along “logic” and the ability to “negotiate” and “hoist the flag of peace”, not only the military gear.
“We proved that we are able to employ political might and logic to hold talks with the major world powers and force them to accede to our Muslim nation’s rights,” he added, referring to the conclusion of marathon talks between Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) over Tehran’s nuclear program.
What leads to security in a society is “knowledge, science, unity, solidarity and morality”, the president noted, pointing to the lack of security and stability for Israel despite possessing nuclear weapons.
Rouhani further took a swipe at certain neighboring countries for the wrong notion of gaining modern weapons and opening military strikes against the “great and oppressed” nation of Yemen.
The Iranian president further hailed the gathering of Muslim scholars in the 6th General Assembly of Ahl-ul-Bayt World Assembly, saying the conference conveys the message of unity for the Islamic world as well as peace, stability and security in the world.
Near 1,800 senior Shiite Muslim scholars and clerics from 130 countries have taken part in this edition of Ahl-ul-Bayt World Assembly.
