The right of the Iranian people for a peaceful nuclear program can not be the subject of dialogue, and policy of dialogue and pressure realized by the Western countries are not compatible, Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Saeed Jalili said in an interview with euronews after talks in Geneva.
"We would not let the right of a people be the object of a dialogue, since a people's right can not be the object of the dialogue," Jalili said. "We consider the policy of dialogue under pressure inadmissible."
Another round of talks on Iran's nuclear issue was over in Geneva on Tuesday. Deputy foreign ministers of Russia, the United States, Great Britain, China, France, Germany and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton attended the talks. Iran was represented by Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili.
The sides decided to continue it in late January in Istanbul.
The negotiating process was broken in 2009 when the IAEA Board of Governors condemned Iran for building the second plant to enrich uranium and called on Tehran to confirm that no decisions were made on the construction of other nuclear facilities, not declared by the agency.
He said the goal of our dialogues is cooperation. It is not focused only on nuclear matters.
"This dialogue is based on cooperation around common worries," Jalili noted.
During the meetings in Geneva, the parties discussed a wide range of issues, including nonproliferation, disarmament and peaceful nuclear development. All three items were included in Iran's package of proposals, which was sent to the "Six" two years ago.
Iran has repeatedly said that its right to nuclear development is not a topic for discussion.
Before coming to Geneva there were stated that Iran is ready to use its regional political and economic capacities around common points.
"We have seriously discussed these issues at the talks," Jalili said. "The big powers have given their point of view and we agreed to continue negotiations. That was Mrs Ashton's conclusion, which was confirmed by the 5+1 group and ourselves."
Jalili believes one of the most important issues for discussion is the issue of nuclear disarmament.
"If these dialogues result in cooperation for nuclear disarmament in the world and prevent the proliferation of atomic weapons while encouraging peaceful cooperation among nations, they can be useful," Jalili said.
Regarding the sanctions imposed against Iran, Jalili said some countries were wrong in deciding to tighten up measures.
"With this, it is certain that they take bad decisions. In the past, they thought they could prevent the progress of the Iranian nation through sanctions. Today we find that these sanctions have imposed costs on those countries. Their companies contact us and complain they are deprived of the Iranian market," he added.
Jalili said another point that warrants consideration is the murder of an Iranian scientist, which happened last week.
"It is a big scandal for the UN Security Council to have mentioned the name of Iranian scientists in these resolutions and then terrorists come and enforce those resolutions," he said. "The fact that International Energy Agency inspectors give the names of Iranian scientists to the Security Council, and after it publishes them terrorists murder them... there the international community must be given a response."
An attack has been committed on two university professors on Nov.29. Cars, carrying the professors, were blown up Monday morning in Tehran. The blasts took place at between 7:00 and 8:00 in the morning, when professors jointly with their family members left home for work. As a result of the terror act, committed near the Shahid Beheshti University in the north of Tehran, one of the professors of the university Madjid Shahriyari died and his wife and another passenger seriously injured.
Another professor Firudin Abbasi and his wife injured as a result of blast at the Artesh Alley. Both scientists worked in the field of nuclear technology of Iran. The list of persons, against whom sanctions are applied upon UN Security Council resolution 1747, also includes Firudin Abbasi.
Iranian officials have accused the United States, Israel, Britain intelligence and NATO of direct or indirect organizing act of terror on Nov. 29, directed against two Tehran professors.