Tehran, YJC. Iran’s FM says Iran has the right to enrich uranium and that all must respect the right.
Speaking at a press conference at the end of the nuclear negotiations
with the Six Majors early Sunday, Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mohammadjavad Zarif said "There are a number of areas to today’s agreement the
most important part of which is that Iran’s enrichment program has been
recognized. This program is going to be continued.”
He added "According to the NPT, the international community thinks that
we have the right to do enrichment and other countries must respect it. The
talk we had focused on in the past few years had been for the international
community to recognize such a right.”
Speaking in answer to a question stating that there is no mention of the
right to enrichment in the accord, Zarif said "The right does not need any
independent recognition. Iran’s nuclear program is peaceful and that is where
recognition has been made.”
The Foreign Minister maintained that based on the agreement none of
Iran’s enrichment facilities will be closed, that the Arak heavy water will
continue in its current state, that no material is taken out of Iran and all
the enriched material will remain in the country.
The
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran further said that no new sanctions are to
be imposed on the country and that the existing sanctions will decline.
He added "All that is
done in the first period will be retrievable and any kind of dishonesty and
perjury will be met with kind action and there is the possibility to retreat.”