Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi said that the region's problems should be resolved through the countries and peoples of the region, considering that the foreign presence in the region would not be in the interest of its countries.
"We believe that the region's countries, peoples and leaders are capable of solving the region's problems and settling crises in it, and the foreign presence will increase the size of the problems and will not be in the interest of the security of the region's countries," Raisi said.
He added that there is a common position regarding the crisis in Afghanistan, and that his country stresses the need to form a comprehensive Afghan government that includes all political parties and represents all nationalities.
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Regarding the nuclear file, the head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, said that the decision issued against Tehran by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency was the last test for his country's enemies, within the framework of the maximum pressure and the political and psychological pressure they are exerting on Iran, as he put it.
Islami added that his country responded to the decision legally in accordance with its international rights, and that if Western countries demand adherence to the decisions of the comprehensive guarantees agreement, then Iran is only ready to abide by what was stated in this agreement.
The head of the Iranian organization considered that his country's share of the world's nuclear energy does not exceed 3%, but 25% of the inspections conducted by the agency are carried out in Iran, he said.
In turn, the Iranian leader, Ali Khamenei, considered that the United States and the West are seeking to expand their influence in East and West Asia, and undermine the independence and sovereignty of countries in it, he said.
Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and European Union External Relations Officer Josep Borrell discussed, in another phone call, the latest developments in the nuclear negotiations.
The Iranian foreign minister said that Washington's insistence on passing a resolution against Iran in the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors is a "hasty and unconstructive" measure, explaining that Iran will not retreat from its rights and will respond appropriately if Washington insists on continuing an unconstructive policy, as he put it.
He added that Iran welcomes logical negotiations that lead to results, and that it has presented important initiatives to reach an agreement in Vienna.
And the New York Times previously quoted an American official as saying that the United States is not aware of any new proposals from Iran, and that it is open to ideas that may lead to a return to the nuclear agreement.