Hamid-Reza Asefi
Hamid-Reza Asefi
Hamid Reza Assefiwas born in Mashhad, Iran. Spokesman, Vice Minister of Parliamentary and Consular Affairs and Communication, and the Special Assistant to the Minister at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs under President Khatami. He is now Iran's ambassador to the UAE...
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We welcome the start of the trial of Saddam, who has committed crimes against humanity,
against committed crimes humanity start welcome
We welcome the start of Saddam's trial, ... a person who has committed crimes against humanity over a long period.
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We do not humble ourselves in the poisoned atmosphere created by foreign sources.
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The second message is that we cannot accept that international rules are not accepted.
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The Russian proposal is not on our agenda anymore. Circumstances have changed. We have to wait and see how things go with the five veto-holding countries (on the council).
parallel proposal propose russian study
The Russian proposal is ambiguous. If they want to propose enrichment (only) in Russia we have said it is not acceptable. But if it is a complementary or parallel plan, we will study that.
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Europeans should be patient and try to find a formula to resolve this nuclear issue. We are determined to remove any ambiguities over our nuclear ambitions and also protect our right.
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Europeans believe that we should not continue nuclear research activities and we believe we should. Research activities are not part of industrial uranium enrichment and all the countries have the right to do so for the sake of science development. Our activities are under the supervision of the Agency's inspectors and their cameras, so there is nothing to worry about.
continue operating research work
Operating some centrifuges is different from the enrichment, and we will continue the research work and never give in under pressures.
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Better results will definitely be achieved by resorting to negotiations and using respectful language rather than using the language of threats and intimidation.
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The resolution is unacceptable and illegal. The Europeans evenfailed to get a consensus on it.
against cooperation countries economic voted
We will reconsider our economic cooperation with those countries that voted against us.
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We haven't received any written and definite proposal from Russia yet.
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We hope that Monday's IAEA meeting will be positive and helpful to the future negotiations. However, if it turns to the other side, we will make decisions accordingly.