Mullah: "Depriving Iran of its rights to affect ties with EU"

Iranian.ws:

Judiciary Chief mullah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi referring to Europeans' conduct regarding Iran's nuclear dossier, said here Monday, "EU should bear in mind if its conduct would lead to depriving Iran of its natural rights it would definitely have negative effects on our mutual ties." READ MORE

According to a report by Public Relations of the Judiciary, mullah made the comment in his routine weekly meeting with top Judiciary officials, adding, "The Islamic Republic of Iran is definitely entitled to be benefit from nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and to master the related sciences."

Mullah added, "That is the reason why we need to resort to all possible political and economic means aimed at materializing that objective and benefit from that natural right."

Mullah Chief said, "We are currently engaged in an annual $20-25 billion trade and banking transactions with the European countries, but it seems keeping in mind the current developments we would have to thoroughly revise our relations with EU, including decreasing our trade ties with them drastically."

Hashemi-Shahroudi added, "There are signs of sovereign political diplomacy and resistance on basic stands in measures recently adopted by the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), that are manifestation of the Iranian nation's righteous demands and those of the Islamic Republic of Iran."

Further appreciating the SNSC conduct, he reiterated, "Such measures and this strong diplomatic approach should have been adopted resolutely long ago."