Tehran, YJC. Deputy Secretary of the National Security Committee has said that Iran yielded to the West in nuclear talks during the Reform administration.
Speaking at a meeting with University of Tehran students on Tuesday, Ali Bagheri believed that negotiations in the past are in no
way comparable to the current negotiations, saying "In the previous period of
time we did not have negotiations. Our national interests and security were
damaged. We accepted fake notions as ‘suspension’ which lead us on to the SC.”
He added "In the previous period we closed down the
technical side completely. In the end the other side told us to wrap up the
whole fuel cycle. This is what Mr. Rohani admitted to in his book National
Security and Nuclear Diplomacy.”
Bagheri stated that he would prefer to call the nuclear
policy of the Reform administration the "nuclear policy of the past” and name
the new era the one of "resistance”.
Regarding promises by the European negotiators, he added "They
promised that if Iran acted according to all its obligations, they would open
the way to agreement on long-term guarantees for nuclear electricity production.
As for what they say that the Europeans did not keep their promises, well, they
did not promise anything in the first place.”