Iran Nuclear NewsIran nuclear dispute headed to 'normalisation': top cleric

Iran nuclear dispute headed to ‘normalisation’: top cleric

-

AFP: The standoff between Iran and the international community over its nuclear programme is headed towards “normalisation”, a top cleric said on Friday, despite a row over whether Tehran has fully suspend uranium enrichment. “It is excluded that the issue will come before the UN Security Council. The affair is heading towards normalisation,”
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said in a Friday sermon in Tehran. AFP

TEHRAN – The standoff between Iran and the international community over its nuclear programme is headed towards “normalisation”, a top cleric said on Friday, despite a row over whether Tehran has fully suspend uranium enrichment.

“It is excluded that the issue will come before the UN Security Council. The affair is heading towards normalisation,” Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said in a Friday sermon in Tehran.

“Everything has gone well up until now. We are hoping to obtain everything that we want,” said Jannati, who heads the powerful Guardians Council — a body that screens all the Islamic republic’s laws and candidates for public office.

His upbeat comments, broadcast on public radio, came despite deadlock in talks at the UN atomic agency in Vienna after Tehran asked for exemptions from a deal with the European Union to suspend key nuclear fuel cycle activities.

Iran is hoping that the deal will mean that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) does not recommend that the country is hauled before the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme.

“The United States is going to try to provoke as many problems as possible. We hope that the Europeans are going to respect their promise and will act according to the agreement,” said Jannati.

“The Koran says: if one of the sides in a pact violates his engagements then throw the deal back in his face,” he added, describing the decision to suspend enrichment as a “bitter poison”.

Latest news

Corruption Allegations Surround Tehran’s Friday Prayer Leader Amid Factional Struggles

Recent reports from Iran suggest that Kazem Sadighi, Tehran's Friday Prayer Imam, has allegedly seized a property valued at...

Housing Accounts for Half of Spending by Tehran Households

Official statistics on income and expenditures of households in Tehran show that urban households in the capital of Iran...

US, UK Ask UN To Prevent Iran from Sending Missiles to Houthis

Representatives of the United States and Britain at the United Nations Security Council meeting called for UN maritime inspection...

Medicine Scarce in Iranian Pharmacies, Abundant in Free Market

The distribution of medicine in Iran faces numerous challenges. Various governments promised to solve these issues at the beginning...

10% of Iran’s Gas Lost in Production and Transmission

The International Energy Agency, states in its annual report that Iran ranks third globally in methane emmissions. According to the...

Iran’s Oil Production Declines, OPEC Reports

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has reported a decrease in Iran's oil production for the second...

Must read

Political opponent hanged for backing opposition group

Free Beacon: Gholamreza Khosravi, a 49-year-old Iranian political dissident, was...

Hardline at home and abroad

The Guardian: How much power will the new president...

You might also likeRELATED
Recommended to you