Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has called on Western powers to exercise commitment to agreements they make with the Islamic Republic, Press TV reported.
"The West has to accept the fact that it cannot deny the Iranian nation their rights," SNSC's Deputy Secretary for Foreign Policy and International Security Ali Baqeri told IRNA late on Tuesday.
Baqeri said prior to the launch of the latest round of negotiations with the P5+1, which comprises of Britain, China, France, Russia, and the US plus Germany, they were forewarned by Tehran against disruptive attempts to sabotage the talks.
Such damaging efforts "tend to be intensified as Iran reaches an important consensus (with P5+1) in an attempt to block the establishment of a collaborative mood between the two sides," he explained.
Baqeri referred to a recent statement by European Union Foreign Policy chief Catherine Ashton urging Iran to implement its commitments and said the communiqué had been issued under the influence of the same disruptive, anti-Iranian elements.
"Interaction and cooperation between Iran and other nations jeopardize the illegitimate interests of some powers, and thus they attempt to forestall such cooperation and interactions," the Iranian official pointed out.
Baqeri hailed the "notable achievements" in the recent multifaceted talks between Iran and the P5+1 delegates in Geneva and expressed hope that efforts by the Iranian negotiating team would result in further progress.
The SNSC official also condemned the November 29 terror assassination of an Iranian scientist in Tehran as part of the enemy's three-decade-long campaign against the Iranian nation.
On November 29, Iranian academic Majid Shahriari was killed in the early hours of the day in Tehran when terrorists riding a motorcycle attached a bomb to the vehicle he was driving. The device exploded a few seconds later, killing Shahriari on the spot and leaving his wife wounded.
Dr. Fereydoun Abbasi, another university professor and his wife were also wounded in a separate incident in the Iranian capital, but the two escaped the attack with injuries.
"Such acts will never overwhelm the Iranian nation's development and progress," he concluded.
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