[Disarmo] Tehran: 'Nuclear Agreement Prevented new War'

[Jure Ellero LT <glry at ngi.it>]

Iranian expert Hossein Mousavian, former nuclear negotiator 'with the 
West': 'Nuclear Agreement Prevented War in the Middle East'

President Rouhani: 'Any promise we make will be inserted in our national 
interest, and we will fulfill expectations of  our promises, as long as 
the other party honors theirs too'

Prensa Latina, Apr. 4 2015

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 Tehran,  Apr 4 (Prensa Latina) The Iranian expert Hossein Mousavian,
 former nuclear negotiator with the West, said today that the mutual
 understanding reached between his country and six world powers in
 Lausanne is an historic achievement that prevented a new war in the
 Middle East.

  According to the expert, quoted by the IRNA official news agency, the
 pre-arrangement definitely is inserted into the path of peace because
 it  "virtually prevented a new war in the Middle East that would be
 far more disastrous for the United States and the region than those in
 Afghanistan or Iraq."

 "I think that diplomacy worked, they (the nuclear negotiators)
 achieved an excellent conclusion, and must continue  to reach the
 final and comprehensive agreement before July 1," said Mousavian,
 suggesting that Iran and the United States resort to more negotiations
 to solve other disputes.

  Based on the preliminary agreement achieved on April 2nd in Lausanne
 after eight days of intensive talks and more than one and a half year
 of negotiating process, Iran will limit its nuclear program for 10
 years and, in exchange, the United States and the European Union (EU)
 shall lift completely the adopted economic sanctions.

  Mousavian said that for the Iranians, there were two important
 points, the first of which was their acceptance, and the respectfor
 the rights of the Islamic Republic to develop peaceful nuclear
 technology, including the enrichment, governed by Iran's adherence to
 the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

  A second issue, key for the people and  the Persian authorities, he
 followed up, was the lifting of sanctions adopted in stages by
 Washington, the EU and the UN, as it refers to all punitive measures,
 both unilateral and multilateral.

  From the Lausanne negotiations emerged the commitment of the 5+1
 Group (the permanent members of the UN Security plus Germany) to
 remove the sanctions related to the nuclear dispute, which Iranian
 President Hassan  Rouhani himself valued as highly positive.

  According to the former Iranian negotiator, for the United States and
 those whom he defined as warmongering powers, the pre-arrangement is
 also good, because the red line was not the nuclear bomb.

  Although Iran doesn't have the atomic bomb, or there is no evidence
 that its nuclear program is diverted to military purposes, mistrust
 between Tehran, Washington and the rest of the West was a matter which
 led the latter to  search for any agreement that ensures no deviation
 in Iranian activities.

  For his part, President Rouhani said the world must be certain that
 his nation will not disappoint, nor lie. "Any promise we  make will be
 inserted in our national interest, and we will fulfill expectations of
 our promises, as long as the other party honors theirs too," he
 stressed.

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