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Title: Ahead Of Nuclear Talks, Iran Says Not To Yield To U.S. Pressures
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Xinhua
URL Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-04/02/c_131504656.htm
Published: Apr 2, 2012
Author: Xinhua
Post Date: 2012-04-02 12:38:17 by Brian S
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TEHRAN, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Just a few days ahead of nuclear talks between Iran and the world's major powers, Iran's Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi said Monday that his country will not yield to U.S. pressures over its nuclear program. "The West thinks that like many countries, Iran will also succumb to the U.S. pressures, but the assumption is basically wrong," Salehi was quoted as saying by local satellite Press TV. Salehi's remarks came just ahead of Iran's nuclear talks with the five permanent members of UN Security Council (the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China) plus Germany, known as G5+1, which is slated for April 13 in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul. "Iranian officials are fully prepared to defend the Islamic republic's (nuclear) achievements," said the Iranian minister. Salehi said that Western powers have been hatching countless plots against Iran but the country has succeeded in thwarting their conspiracies through vigilance and prudence, according to the report. The Western countries have been exerting pressures on Iran over the past 33 years, and thus imposed sanctions on the country's different sectors including banks, he said, adding that "sanctions may cause minor problems for us, but we will continue our path." Iran's Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said on Monday that sanctions against the country's oil sector have failed and will not block the industry's progress, Press TV reported. The Islamic republic has withstood the impacts of Western sanctions on its oil sector, Qasemi was quoted as saying. "While opponents of Iranian people name the imposed sanctions as tough sanctions, but I want to announce that Iranian oil industry has succeeded to upset those sanctions," the minister was quoted as saying by Iran's Energy and Oil Information Network ( SHANA) affiliated to the Oil Ministry. Relying on domestic capabilities, "I confidently say that (Iran 's) oil industry has bade farewell to the embargo," said Qasemi, according to Press TV. Qasemi expressed hope that Iran's new year (started on March 20) to be a year full of work and effort in direction of achieving the oil industry's goals, according to SHANA. The UN has by now imposed four rounds of sanctions against Tehran for its refusal to halt uranium enrichment, a technology that can be used to produce nuclear fuel or materials for bombs. The EU, the United States and some other countries have imposed an oil embargo as part of sanctions to pressure Tehran into resuming talks on the country's nuclear program. They have also imposed tough banking sanctions aimed at limiting Iran's ability to sell oil, which accounts for 80 percent of its foreign revenue. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday, at a news conference after a security conference in Saudi Arabia, that the next round of nuclear talks between six nations and Iran would aim at preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. "We're going with one intention: to resolve the international community's concerns about Iran's nuclear program," she said. But she is also suspicious of Iran's intention of negotiating a solution in Istanbul. The resumption of nuclear negotiations came after a more-than- one-year deadlock on talks over Iran's suspected nuclear program. The last round of talks was held in Istanbul in January 2011 but ended up in vain. The round before that, in late 2010, was in Geneva. The upcoming nuclear talks carry hopes of defusing a tense international showdown over Iran's nuclear activities that has sent oil prices soaring.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
33 years, is that all, seems like longer. Lookie here, if deranged psycho's like Bush and Obama have nukes, we may all need some for protection. Neighborhood Nuclear Superiority Now! The second amendment doesn't stop at the border(TM).
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
The Western countries have been exerting pressures on Iran over the past 33 years,
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
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