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MP SEES ANTI-IRAN SANCTIONS BENEFICIAL FOR DEVELOPING IRANIANS' TALENTS
Tasnim News Agency, Iran
Nov 4 2013
November 04, 2013 - 13:02 TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Sanctions which have
been in place on Iran for most of the period since the 1979 Islamic
Revolution have helped the nation's talents flourish, a prominent
Iranian lawmaker noted.
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Head of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy
Commission Alaeddin Borujerdi said on Sunday that the ongoing sanctions
slapped against the Islamic Republic have allowed the Iranian people
to develop their talents.
"Through intelligent management, the Islamic Republic of Iran has made
a lot of progress in diverse arenas with the sanctions in effect,"
he said in a meeting with Head of the Armenia-Iran Parliamentary
Friendship Group Galust Sahakyan in Tehran.
In recent years the western governments have imposed new sanctions
on Iran on the pretext that the country may be trying to develop
a nuclear weapon capacity under the guise of its civilian nuclear
program, an allegation strongly dismissed by Iran which states that
it needs nuclear energy for generating electricity and other purely
peaceful purposes.
Many of the sanctions predate the nuclear dispute and some of them
are as old as the Islamic system in Iran, and the US has always found
pretexts to tighten the existing sanctions and impose new ones.
On Sunday, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali
Khamenei said that the US enmity towards Iran was not due to Iran's
nuclear program, which he described as a "pretext for Americans,"
but stressed that the US is opposed to "the entity of the Islamic
Republic as well as the influence, credibility and might" of the
system chosen by the Iranian nation.
"Was there the issue of nuclear program when the US imposed sanction
on Iran in the beginning of the revolution, or when it targeted an
Iranian passenger aircraft and killed 290 people onboard it, did it
have the nuclear program pretext?" asked the Leader.
The Iranian legislator also touched on close ties between Tehran and
Yerevan, and added, "Throughout the history, people of Iran and Armenia
have always had amicable relations based on peaceful coexistence."
The Armenian official, for his part, said his country regards Iran not
only as a neighboring state, but also a friend and ally in regional
and international scenes.
Sahakyan also stated that the new atmosphere in Iran after the
presidential election in June has opened up an opportunity for the
European countries to start developing friendly interactions with
Tehran.
Tehran and Yerevan enjoy a long-lasting friendship in various fields,
including political and cultural affairs.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, just one day after taking the office
in August, announced that Tehran will focus efforts on strengthening
relations with Armenia.
"Tehran's effort will be focused on enhancement of relations (with
Armenia) and raising the level of cooperation in all fields," Rouhani
said in a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsian,
here in Tehran on August 5.
He also pointed to cultural commonalities between the two neighboring
countries, and said, "Relations between Iran and Armenia have been
always friendly, close and on the basis of fulfillment of mutual
interests."
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Tasnim News Agency, Iran
Nov 4 2013
November 04, 2013 - 13:02 TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Sanctions which have
been in place on Iran for most of the period since the 1979 Islamic
Revolution have helped the nation's talents flourish, a prominent
Iranian lawmaker noted.
Head of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy
Commission Alaeddin Borujerdi said on Sunday that the ongoing sanctions
slapped against the Islamic Republic have allowed the Iranian people
to develop their talents.
"Through intelligent management, the Islamic Republic of Iran has made
a lot of progress in diverse arenas with the sanctions in effect,"
he said in a meeting with Head of the Armenia-Iran Parliamentary
Friendship Group Galust Sahakyan in Tehran.
In recent years the western governments have imposed new sanctions
on Iran on the pretext that the country may be trying to develop
a nuclear weapon capacity under the guise of its civilian nuclear
program, an allegation strongly dismissed by Iran which states that
it needs nuclear energy for generating electricity and other purely
peaceful purposes.
Many of the sanctions predate the nuclear dispute and some of them
are as old as the Islamic system in Iran, and the US has always found
pretexts to tighten the existing sanctions and impose new ones.
On Sunday, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali
Khamenei said that the US enmity towards Iran was not due to Iran's
nuclear program, which he described as a "pretext for Americans,"
but stressed that the US is opposed to "the entity of the Islamic
Republic as well as the influence, credibility and might" of the
system chosen by the Iranian nation.
"Was there the issue of nuclear program when the US imposed sanction
on Iran in the beginning of the revolution, or when it targeted an
Iranian passenger aircraft and killed 290 people onboard it, did it
have the nuclear program pretext?" asked the Leader.
The Iranian legislator also touched on close ties between Tehran and
Yerevan, and added, "Throughout the history, people of Iran and Armenia
have always had amicable relations based on peaceful coexistence."
The Armenian official, for his part, said his country regards Iran not
only as a neighboring state, but also a friend and ally in regional
and international scenes.
Sahakyan also stated that the new atmosphere in Iran after the
presidential election in June has opened up an opportunity for the
European countries to start developing friendly interactions with
Tehran.
Tehran and Yerevan enjoy a long-lasting friendship in various fields,
including political and cultural affairs.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, just one day after taking the office
in August, announced that Tehran will focus efforts on strengthening
relations with Armenia.
"Tehran's effort will be focused on enhancement of relations (with
Armenia) and raising the level of cooperation in all fields," Rouhani
said in a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsian,
here in Tehran on August 5.
He also pointed to cultural commonalities between the two neighboring
countries, and said, "Relations between Iran and Armenia have been
always friendly, close and on the basis of fulfillment of mutual
interests."
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