“If the negotiating countries continue their repeated remarks and pursue [their] confrontational policy like before, the negotiations will yield no results,” Chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi said on Sunday.
He added that Iran has accepted negotiations with the P5+1 just as it did in the past, its logic on talks is clear and transparent, and has no concern about the continuation of talks.
If the other negotiating party adopts a logical stance within the framework of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and pursues interaction instead of confrontation, Iran will act accordingly, the lawmaker added.
Iran and the P5+1 -- Britain, China, France, Russia, and the United States plus Germany -- have agreed to hold the next round of talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on February 26.
Boroujerdi dismissed as “illegal” the international sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear energy program despite IAEA inspections, and said it would be one of the issues to be raised in the forthcoming talks.
The Iranian lawmaker criticized Washington’s refusal to remain committed to the NPT and said, “The US has thousands of nuclear bombs and currently seeks a new generation of nuclear bombs.”
The US, Israel, and some of their allies have repeatedly accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program.
Iran refutes the allegation and argues that as a signatory to the NPT and a member of the IAEA, it is entitled to develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
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