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A senior Iranian official has stressed the importance of lifting all “cruel” sanctions against Iran, saying any final nuclear deal with the P5+1 group must recognize Tehran’s rights based on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). “Lifting all cruel sanctions and [Iran’s] entitlement to full legal rights within the framework of the NPT must be included in any agreement [on Tehran’s nuclear energy program],” Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said in a meeting with Meng Jianzhu, a member of the central committee of China’s Communist Party, in Tehran on Sunday. “Internal divisions within [other] countries and [their] excessive demands will have no impact on the will of the Iranian negotiating team,” the Iranian official said, adding that Iran has always remained committed to the nuclear talks and the NPT regulations and all nuclear activities of the country have been carried out under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency. “…If the opposite side has a rational and apolitical approach based on realities, it will be possible to reach an agreement in the nuclear talks,” Shamkhani pointed out.
Source: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/11/16/386290/ndeal-must-respect-irans-rights/
