Iran’s Rouhani: Nuclear Rights, Uranium Enrichment ’Red Lines’

TEHRAN-Iranian President Hasan Rouhani said Sunday Iran will not abandon its nuclear rights, including the uranium enrichment, Iranian media outlets reported.

“The rights of the Iranian nation and our national interests are a red line. So are nuclear rights under the framework of international regulations, which include enrichment on Iranian soil,” Rouhani told the Iranian parliament.

According to the Iranian media, Rouhani’s remarks came a day after intensive negotiations with world powers, despite making progress, failed so far to produce a long-elusive deal in exchange for sanctions relief.

Rouhani said Iran would “not bow to threats from any power”, while also insisting that sanctions battering Iran’s ailing economy had not forced it to the negotiating table.

“We have practically and verbally told the negotiating sides that threats, sanctions, humiliation and discrimination will never produce a result,” he said.

The Iranian President also indicated that successful nuclear talks will enhance security and stability in the region and the world, underlying that that without Iran’s presence at regional and international arenas, problems would not be properly solved or will be costly resolved.

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