Iran-US Talks Would Yield No Results without Washington's Goodwill: Iran
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says direct talks between the Islamic Republic and the United States would not yield any results when Washington shows no goodwill.
“It is natural that a negotiation where the opposite side has no honesty and does not intend to cooperate and [show] goodwill and claims to seek talks at the same time as [employing] pressure and threats will not produce any results,” Mehmanparast said during his weekly press conference on Tuesday.
The Iranian official said that Washington needs to stop its hostile policies toward Iran before the Iranian nation considers any such talks.
At the 49th annual Munich Security Conference in Germany on February 2, US Vice President Joe Biden said Washington was ready to hold direct talks with Iran over the country’s nuclear energy program.
However, he noted, “There will be continued pressure.”
On February 6, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khamenei rejected talks with the United States under pressure and threats.
“An offer of talks makes sense only when the side [that makes the offer] shows its goodwill,” Imam Khamenei said.
The US has spearheaded several rounds of sanctions against Iran in recent years, based on the unfounded accusation that Iran is pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program.
Iran vehemently rejects the allegation, arguing that as a committed signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), it has the right to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
The AMIA issue
Referring to the agreement between Iran and Argentina to set up a fact-finding committee to investigate the 1994 bombing attack on the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA), Mehmanparast said, “The officials of Iran and Argentina held talks and agreed to cooperate to clarify the AMIA issue and these agreements are taking their natural course.”
Cooperation between the officials of the two countries would definitely help resolve the issue, he added.
On January 27, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and his Argentinean counterpart signed a memorandum of understanding for the two countries to shed light on the bombing of the AMIA building in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people.
Under intense political pressure imposed by the US and Israel, Argentina formally accused Iran of having carried out the bomb attack. The Islamic Republic has categorically denied any involvement in the terrorist bombing.
The Israeli regime reacted angrily to the deal a day after it was signed. “We are stunned by this news item and we will want to receive from the Argentine government a complete picture as to what was agreed upon because this entire affair affects Israel directly,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Yigal Palmor, said on January 28.
In a statement on January 30, however, the Argentinean Foreign Ministry said Israel’s demand for an explanation over the agreement was an “improper action that is strongly rejected.”
Source: Press TV
The Iranian official said that Washington needs to stop its hostile policies toward Iran before the Iranian nation considers any such talks.
At the 49th annual Munich Security Conference in Germany on February 2, US Vice President Joe Biden said Washington was ready to hold direct talks with Iran over the country’s nuclear energy program.
However, he noted, “There will be continued pressure.”
On February 6, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khamenei rejected talks with the United States under pressure and threats.
“An offer of talks makes sense only when the side [that makes the offer] shows its goodwill,” Imam Khamenei said.
The US has spearheaded several rounds of sanctions against Iran in recent years, based on the unfounded accusation that Iran is pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program.
Iran vehemently rejects the allegation, arguing that as a committed signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), it has the right to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
The AMIA issue
Referring to the agreement between Iran and Argentina to set up a fact-finding committee to investigate the 1994 bombing attack on the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA), Mehmanparast said, “The officials of Iran and Argentina held talks and agreed to cooperate to clarify the AMIA issue and these agreements are taking their natural course.”
Cooperation between the officials of the two countries would definitely help resolve the issue, he added.
On January 27, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and his Argentinean counterpart signed a memorandum of understanding for the two countries to shed light on the bombing of the AMIA building in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people.
Under intense political pressure imposed by the US and Israel, Argentina formally accused Iran of having carried out the bomb attack. The Islamic Republic has categorically denied any involvement in the terrorist bombing.
The Israeli regime reacted angrily to the deal a day after it was signed. “We are stunned by this news item and we will want to receive from the Argentine government a complete picture as to what was agreed upon because this entire affair affects Israel directly,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Yigal Palmor, said on January 28.
In a statement on January 30, however, the Argentinean Foreign Ministry said Israel’s demand for an explanation over the agreement was an “improper action that is strongly rejected.”
Source: Press TV
