Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said today, Monday, that Tehran's missile program is not negotiable and that US President-elect Joe Biden is well aware of this, indicating that the goal of the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is to ignite war in the region.
Rouhani explained in a televised press conference that the Americans had been trying for months to add the issue of missiles (to the nuclear talks), but we refused, and Biden knows that well.
He also affirmed his country's refusal to negotiate its regional policies and put them on the table of the nuclear agreement, adding that Tehran would not accept any preconditions on the implementation of the nuclear agreement, and there is no room for negotiating a new agreement.
Rouhani expressed optimism about their ability to work to lift sanctions and Washington's return to the nuclear agreement, explaining that if Biden decided to return to the conditions that prevailed in 2017, we will fully adhere to the nuclear agreement.
He indicated Iran's readiness to retreat from all steps to reduce commitment to the nuclear agreement if the rest of the parties abided by their obligations, stressing that no party would be allowed to work to postpone the lifting of sanctions and end the economic war against the Iranian people.
Tehran says it will respond to the assassination of Fakhrizadeh in the appropriate time and manner (Anatolia)
Regarding the assassination of the Iranian nuclear scientist Fakhri Zadeh - who was assassinated on the 27th of last month - Rouhani said that the aim of his assassination was to ignite a war in the region in the last days of (US President) Trump, and added that Tehran would respond to the assassination of Zadeh in the appropriate time and in the appropriate manner without submission. To the logic of others.
Biden's victory increased the possibility that Washington would rejoin the agreement Iran reached with major powers in 2015, and it appears that he sees the return as a prelude to broader talks about Iran's nuclear, ballistic missile and regional activities.
But Tehran has ruled out halting its missile program or changing its regional policies, and instead demanded a change in US policy, including the lifting of sanctions and compensation for economic damage caused by the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal.
Tensions between Washington and Tehran have escalated since 2018, when President Donald Trump abandoned the nuclear deal and reinstated harsh economic sanctions to pressure Tehran to negotiate tougher restrictions on its nuclear program, ballistic missile development and support for regional powers by the agency.
Rouhani had said in previous statements that the opportunities for diplomacy are available more than ever, while Jake Sullivan - who was appointed by US President-elect Joe Biden to the position of National Security Adviser - said that the new US administration wants the United States to return to the nuclear deal and force Tehran to Comply with its terms.