Choose co-operation or confrontation, not a bit of both, Iran's Foreign Minister warns
- 9 years ago
Iran is ready to return to nuclear enrichment “without any limitations” unless the West pursues a path of “co-operation” in concluding a deal and removing all sanctions, the country’s foreign minister told Euronews.
Speaking in an interview in Lisbon, Mohammed Javad Zarif warned against a gradual or phased end to the economic embargoes place on Tehran by the European Union, United Nations and United States.
“We can have the path of confrontation or we can have the path of co-operation, we cannot have a little bit of each,” he said.
Below is the full transcript of the interview:
Mazaheri Reihaneh, euronews:
“After months of negotiations, you have reached an initial agreement. Tell us more about that and what was going on behind the closed-door talks, especially in Lausanne?”
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif:
“The negotiations were an attempt to address two objectives. One objective was to ensure that Iran’s nuclear program will remain always peaceful and the sec
Speaking in an interview in Lisbon, Mohammed Javad Zarif warned against a gradual or phased end to the economic embargoes place on Tehran by the European Union, United Nations and United States.
“We can have the path of confrontation or we can have the path of co-operation, we cannot have a little bit of each,” he said.
Below is the full transcript of the interview:
Mazaheri Reihaneh, euronews:
“After months of negotiations, you have reached an initial agreement. Tell us more about that and what was going on behind the closed-door talks, especially in Lausanne?”
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif:
“The negotiations were an attempt to address two objectives. One objective was to ensure that Iran’s nuclear program will remain always peaceful and the sec