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Rouhani: Right to nuclear enrichment is Iran’s ‘red line’ | JPost | Israel News.

By REUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF

11/10/2013 09:11

Following failure to reach an interim nuclear deal in Geneva, Iranian president tells National Assembly that Tehran “won’t bow its head to threats,” and “won’t answer to any sanction, humiliation or discrimination.”

Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that its “rights to enrichment” of uranium were “red lines” that would not be crossed and that the Islamic Republic had acted rationally and tactfully during nuclear negotiations, Iranian media reported.

“For us there are red lines that cannot be crossed. National interests are our red lines that include our rights under the framework of international regulations and [uranium] enrichment in Iran,” he said during a speech at the National Assembly, Iran’s student news agency (ISNA) said.

“We have said to the negotiating sides that we will not answer to any threat, sanction, humiliation or discrimination. The Islamic Republic has not and will not bow its head to threats from any authority,” he added, calling sanctions “an illegal and ineffective solution.”

“For Iran, the main road to resolve issues and reaching an international political solution is dialogue, dialogue and dialogue,” the Iranian president continued. “The success of negotiations mean peace and stability to the region and the world.”

On Saturday, Iran and six world powers failed in talks to clinch a deal to curb Tehran’s nuclear program but said differences had narrowed and they would resume negotiations in 10 days to try to end the decade-old standoff.

Rouhani, who was elected in June, is the chief architect of Iran’s diplomatic drive for a nuclear deal to alleviate harsh economic sanctions on its oil and banking industries.

His negotiating team is pushing to agree a framework for steps to resolve US suspicions that Tehran wants nuclear weapons capability.

The Islamic Republic says its activities are purely peaceful and negotiators say they are ready to take the steps necessary for such an agreement if their nuclear “rights are recognize” and world powers reciprocate by easing sanctions.

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