Iranian President Vows to Protect Nuclear Rights
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani emphasized that his administration will firmly safeguard the country’s nuclear rights and put an end to the West’s illegal sanctions.
“We will be successful in foreign policy and manage to protect (our) nuclear rights and break the chains of unfair sanctions, via implementing the framework of standards related to national interests and the guidelines outlined by the Supreme Leader, President Rouhani said in a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the passing of late founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini on Tuesday.
“Undoubtedly, nuclear energy, peace and stability, progress and development, science, regional and global influence, and unity are the inalienable rights of the Iranian nation,” he added.
Tehran, which is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, has already reiterated that it will not forsake its peaceful nuclear rights under the pressures from world powers.
Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) concluded the latest round of the nuclear negotiations in Vienna on May 16.
The two sides are slated to convene the next meeting from June 16 to 20, again in the Austrian capital, in order to draft a comprehensive deal to resolve the decade-long standoff over Tehran's nuclear energy program.
