‘Military issue never on N-talks agenda’

April 27th, 2014

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the country’s military activities will never be on the agenda of the ongoing talks between the Islamic Republic and six major world powers.

“We do not use defense missiles to carry unconventional weapons. This statement is baseless and emanates from fabrication. The issue of Iran’s military activities has never been and will never be the topic of nuclear negotiations,” Zarif said in a joint press conference with Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz in Tehran on Sunday.

He further noted that the purpose of negotiations would be based on an interim nuclear deal signed between Iran and the six countries in Geneva last November which focuses on the peaceful nature of the Islamic Republic’s energy program.

“So, no one can claim that our missiles carry nuclear warheads when Iran’s nuclear program is peaceful. Such claims will not help resolve the issue and are rejected by the Iranian nation,” Zarif pointed out.

Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – Russia, China, France, Britain and the US – plus Germany reached the interim deal in the Swiss city of Geneva on November 24, 2013. The deal took effect on January 20.

Under the Geneva deal, the six countries undertook to provide Iran with some sanctions relief in exchange for Iran agreeing to limit certain aspects of its nuclear activities during a six-month period. It was also agreed that no nuclear-related sanctions would be imposed on Iran within the same time frame.

The Iranian foreign minister further reaffirmed that Tehran has no nuclear military program and believes that a world free of nuclear arms would be secure for all.

Kurz, for his part, said sanctions on Iran have been detrimental to Austrian enterprises and expressed hope Tehran and the six countries would reach a final agreement as early as possible.

Austria hopes the negotiations would lead to a lasting settlement of the nuclear issue and the complete removal of sanctions against Iran, he added.

The Austrian foreign minister emphasized all countries can strengthen their relations with Iran if all sanctions are lifted.

Iran and the six world powers have been holding negotiations to pave the way for the full resolution of the decade-old dispute over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear energy program.

The two sides are scheduled to resume expert-level talks in New York on May 5-9.

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