Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) addresses Russian scholars in Russia\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s capital city, Moscow, on July 2, 2013.<\/p>\n
Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has expressed optimism that the Islamic Republic\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s nuclear issue will be resolved through interaction.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cWith regard to [Iran\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s] nuclear issue, the best case scenario is that we shift from the position of dispute to interaction and cooperation and this will happen,\u201d Ahmadinejad told a group of Russian scholars in Moscow on Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n
He noted that the world has to recognize a \u00c5\u201cnuclear Iran\u201d whose atomic program is \u00c5\u201centirely peaceful.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cWe do not trust the Western governments, neither do they trust us; each having our own reasons,\u201d Ahmadinejad said, adding, \u00c5\u201cHowever, solutions must be found for it through dialogue and talks,\u201d he was quoted by IRNA as saying.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Ahmadinejad stated that many opportunities have been lost for the resolution of Iran\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s nuclear issue in the past. <\/p>\n
Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers — Russia, China, France, Britain, and the United States plus Germany — have held several rounds of talks, mainly over the Iranian nuclear energy program.\n<\/p>\n
The US, Israel, and some of their allies have repeatedly accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program and used the allegation as a pretext to impose illegal sanctions against the Iranian nation.\n<\/p>\n
Tehran has categorically rejected the accusation, arguing that as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) it is entitled to develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.\n<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, numerous inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities by the IAEA have never found any evidence showing that the Iranian nuclear energy program has been diverted toward non-civilian purposes.\n<\/p>\n
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