Iran�s foreign minister says the Islamic Republic has a national interest in nuclear non-proliferation and it has no plan to develop nuclear weapons.
�Iran has a�national security�interest in nonproliferation, so if the United States is interested in nonproliferation, that is one issue,� the�New Yorker�quoted Mohammad Javad Zarif as saying.
Reiterating that Iran does not seek to make nuclear weapons, Zarif added, �We don�t want nuclear weapons, and they say the objective is to insure Iran does not have nuclear weapons.�
The Iranian minister said Tehran expects the six�world powersengaged in nuclear talks with the Islamic Republic to �respect� its rights.
�Nuclear talks are not about nuclear capability�. They are about Iranian integrity and dignity,� he said, stressing that �dignity,� �technology� and �development� of Iran are �not up for sale.�
Noting that regional stability is another part of Iran�s national security interest, Zarif said, �Iran has a national-security interest in freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf. We have a national-security interest in stability in this region.�

Iran�and the�five permanent members of the UN Security Council � the United States, France, Britain, Russia, China � plus Germany have been discussing ways to iron out differences and start drafting a final deal that would end the West�s dispute with Iran over the country�s nuclear energy program.

In November 2013,�the two�sides signed an interim deal in the Swiss city of Geneva, which came into force on January 20.

According�to the�deal, the six countries agreed to provide Iran with some sanctions relief in exchange�for the�Islamic Republic agreeing to limit certain aspects of its nuclear energy program during a six-month period.

By Press TV

 

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