Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says the country is set to use the West’s political and economic pressure as an opportunity to gain more progress and independence.
Meeting with a delegation of senior Chinese analysts on Tuesday, Ramin Mehmanparast detailed the US hostilities against Iran in the past three decades after the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
He said Washington has made strenuous efforts to stonewall Iran’s progress in various areas including nuclear energy.
Mehmanparast condemned the US-engineered sanctions against the Iranian nation as “illogical and antagonistic.”
A nation, which has paid a heavy price so far for its independence, will use these political and economic pressures as opportunities for progress and self-reliance, he said.
The Iranian official reinstated Tehran’s determination to pursue its peaceful nuclear program and rejected allegations leveled by the United States, Israel and their European allies accusing Iran of seeking nuclear weapons.
Mehmanparast also addressed the recent popular revolutions in the Middle East and highlighted Beijing’s role in maintaining security and stability in the region.
He also said as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, China could prevent the military adventurism of some Western countries in the region.
Referring to the importance of nuclear energy in the future, Mehmanparast said the reason for the opposition of the US and the West against Iran’s program is to retain monopoly of nuclear technology for only a few countries in the world.
Iran has repeatedly said that, as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, it has the right to develop and acquire nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
—–Agencies