Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said the country will keep cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency, but underlined that it will be within purely technical frameworks.

“Iran continues its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency. However, we insist on preserving such cooperation within purely technical frameworks and keeping the IAEA free from political and selective approaches,” the top diplomat said in a video message released Thursday, ahead of the 44th anniversary of the victory of Iran’s Islamic Revolution.

“Under such a framework, we remain committed to cooperation and negotiation to achieve tangible and practical results to first, secure maximum national interests and second, give care to joint interests with other parties,” he added, as quoted by Tasnim news agency

He hailed achievements secured by the Islamic Republic in many important fields of science and high technology.

“Even though the enemies of the great Iranian nation have been trying, through terrorist sanctions and failed policy of Iranophobia, to make Iranian youth disappointed, and even though the enemies have utilized all available means to avert the progress of the Iranian nation in various fields, we are delighted that we have attained the highest level of progress in the Islamic Republic in all areas in which the enemies had targeted Iran’s political independence and development,” the top diplomat said as cited by the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s website.

“Notwithstanding, Iran, as a country with geopolitical advantage in the region, and as a country which enjoys Iranian and Islamic civilization, is also trying to remove the sanctions. We have never escaped from the negotiating table. Neither have we distanced ourselves from dialogue and diplomacy. We are actively present wherever there is an interest for the great Iranian nation.”

Meanwhile, Amir Abdollahian stressed that Tehran strongly defends its sovereignty, political independence and territorial integrity.

Source: Agencies