Iran Majlis (parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani has criticized the West for obstructing the country’s talks with the P5+1 group while pretending they are interested in dialogue.
“We are faced with two gestures from the West,” Larijani stated on Tuesday in reference to the negotiations between Tehran and the P5+1 (Britain, China, France, Russia, and the US plus Germany) which are scheduled to be held in Kazakhstan on February 26.
Larijani, who is Islamabad to attend the conference of the Parliamentary Assembly of Economic Cooperation Organization in the Pakistani capital, blamed Western governments for claiming willingness to negotiate with Iran at the media level while engaging in obstructionism in practice.
He scoffed at US and Israeli threats of war against the Islamic Republic, noting the 1967 Islamic revolution in the country clearly showed the Iranian nation’s determination to stand up to US policies.
“I suppose they [Americans] have a little wisdom left to prevent them from risking their future,” Larijani said when answering a question on the possibility of a US military attack on Iran.
The Iranian Majlis speaker rejected allegations spearheaded by the United States and their allies that accuse Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program, and described Iran’s missile technology as defensive and deterrent in nature.
Larijani denounced “the oppressors” for not condemning US for using depleted uranium weapons in the region, noting that Washington’s support for Tel Aviv’s nuclear warheads is main cause of the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
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