Deputy FM warns against imposing sanctions on Iran
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, Sept 4, IRNA
Iran-Jalili-Sanction
Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Jalili here Monday warned against any sanctions to be imposed on Iran and underlined that the move will certainly have a negative impact at the international level, in particular on the energy market.
The deputy foreign minister made the remark in an interview with the Finish daily, Helsingin Sanomat.
"West does not know much about Iran. It is a big country with plenty of natural resources and educated individuals," he said.
Turning to the country's nuclear program, he said that Iran is a member of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and considers that it is entitled to uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes.
Underlining that Iran's nuclear activities are fully supervised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the official said, "We have so long proceeded with confidence-building measures beyond the IAEA expectation.
"Besides, we volunteered to suspend uranium enrichment process for over two years."
In response to a question about Iran's reaction to the possible bombardment of its nuclear installations by the US and Israel, he said that to Iran is not unfamiliar with a military approach.
Concerning the package of proposal of the so called 5+1 group to Iran, he told the Finish reporter, "Iran has submitted a complete 20-page response to the proposal. It is now their turn to react. They seem to be interested in continuing talks on the issue." 2326/2322/1412
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