Iran Press/ Iran news: Speaking as one of the keynote speakers at the 3rd edition of Tehran Dialogue Forum (TDF 2022), Kamal Kharazi head of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, called the recent riots in Tehran the hybrid war which has been orchestrated by the political and the intelligence apparatuses of the foreign countries.
Iranian former Foreign Minister further said that the whole process had been pre-planned, and it was a hybrid war in that all the aspects, including the social and political, were involved.
Iran seeks to have a zone free of nuclear weapons
Kamal Kharazi, former Iranian FM, stressed that Iran has aimed for a zone free of nuclear weapons for many years, and Israeli atomic weapons must be destroyed and joined to safeguards.
" We gained full access to nuclear technology thanks to the efforts of our scientists. When I was the foreign minister, they talked about concrete guarantees that we should give concrete guarantees that we will not pursue nuclear weapons.
He added: "According to them, the objective determination was enrichment. With the resistance of Iran and the efforts of our scientists, we reached the point where we had 19 thousand centrifuges in rotation, the Westerners were forced to negotiate with Iran, the JCPOA was negotiated and signed, and the Westerners started not fulfilling their obligations. Until the United States withdrew from the JCPOA."
Iran's former Minister of Foreign Affairs stressed: "Today, we still have high capabilities and we are producing advanced centrifuges daily, but we are not trying to produce bombs. We have the ability but do not have the principle of producing bombs."
From the point of Islamic beliefs, we consider the production of atomic bombs as "haram" (against Sharia). Secondly, from the point of view of our leadership, we do not consider the production of bombs because if Iran goes towards nuclear weapons, naturally, other countries in the region will be in a nuclear race. They will help others to make bombs.
For this reason, we have been calling for a zone free of nuclear weapons for many years, and Israeli atomic weapons must be destroyed and joined to safeguards.
Therefore, in our opinion, nuclear weapons are not considered a deterrent power, but nuclear technology is a deterrent, Kharazi said, stressing that " Now Iran is ready to return to JCPOA. Many issues have been resolved, and only the protection issue remains; we hope this issue will be determined during the trip of IAEA's experts to Iran.
China must compensate for commenting on Iran's territorial integrity
The Head of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations of Iran has said that China must compensate for commenting on Iran's territorial integrity.
Iranian former Foreign Ministery, in his speech at the 3rd edition of Tehran Dialogue Forum (TDF 2022), said: "Development requires cooperation and countries seek each other's help for Development. As a result, this should not be accompanied by the interference of foreigners. The problem is that some countries are blackmailing world powers during Development, which Iran is against.
Countries with technology can invest in the region but not intervene militarily. The region needs dialogue and must solve its problems through dialogue. We always confirm the conversation, Kharazi said.
Iranian senior diplomat said: The condition for the success of the dialogue is non-aggression, non-interference of outsiders, and the creation of a basis for dialogue, and we are fully ready for it.
Kharazi said: "Recently, the President of China visited the region. We welcome it, but the mistake that happened was entering into our country's political issues and territorial integrity. Of course, they tried to make up for the mistake, but this mistake was like us commenting on the status of Taiwan, which is part of China's territory. We hope such a mistake will not occur again and will be fully compensated.
On Sunday, 11 December 2022, Reacting to the joint statement of China and the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) and the claims over the Iranian triple islands Abu Musa, Great, and Lesser Tunbs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian wrote in a tweet on Saturday: "The triple islands Abu Musa, Great and Lesser Tunbs in the Persian Gulfs are inseparable parts of the Iranian soil and eternally belongs to Iran."
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Kharazi, about the war in Ukraine, said: "We were against the war in Ukraine from the very beginning, but we observed that the Western countries were leading Ukraine to war and Russia to war with Ukraine.
NATO's attempt to move toward Russia's borders was too provocative, former Iranian FM said, adding, "Westerners and especially Americans were trying to bring Russia into this war. War is not a good thing, and Today, we still believe that the war in Ukraine should end through dialogue as soon as possible.
In the case of Iraq, this country faced many hardships in the past years. Today, we are happy that the Iraqi government has been formed, and we hope that the government will successfully organize the Iraqi issues, Kharazi said.
Finally, the senior Iranian diplomat said, "Afghanistan is our neighbor and can significantly impact our security. Our advice to the Taliban, which is ruling Afghanistan, is to fight terrorism and prevent the entry of foreign forces into Afghanistan. The US is not allowed to enter this country for various reasons.
Taliban must form an inclusive government, and all ethnic groups and religions must be involved; Kharazi said, "In Today's world if one nation rules in a country that is multi-ethnic and religious, the conflict will arise.
The third edition of the Tehran Dialogue Forum (TDF 2022) kicks off in the Iranian Capital.
TDF 2022 was held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Center for Political and International Studies with many foreign diplomats, especially from Iran's neighboring countries.
The central concept of this year's assembly is "neighborhood policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, an approach to friendship and trust building."
Four-panel discussions scheduled to take place after TDF's opening ceremony include The Latest Developments in West Asia, Persian Gulf Security, The Ukraine Crisis and its Regional and International Aftermaths, The Perspective of Peace and All-Encompassing Government in Afghanistan.
Mohammad-Hassan Sheikh al-Eslami, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and Head of the Institute for Political And International Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, at the opening ceremony, explained the goals of TDF 2022:
The world needs dialogue more than ever
The head of the Institute of Political Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pointing out that Iran is looking for a dialogue between the thinkers of the region and the world, said: "Today, the world needs dialogue more than anything else."
Mohammad Hassan Sheikh Al-Eslami said on Monday at the third Tehran Dialogue Forum: "The concept of this year's meeting is to approach friendship and neighborliness, in line with the foreign policy of the 13th administration and far beyond the old concept of neighborliness, which aims to create and stabilize the neighborliness with relying on a profound concept of trust with neighboring countries.
Explaining the details of the Tehran Dialogue Forum, he said: "Four issues will be discussed in this meeting, and the main areas of discussion are the security of West Asia and the Persian Gulf, Energy Security, the crisis in Ukraine, the developments in Afghanistan, and the formation of a comprehensive government in this country.
Referring to the investigation of more effective enforcement mechanisms in the security structures of the Middle East and West Asia, Sheikh Al-Eslami stated in the Tehran dialogue forum the discussion and analysis of the Palestinian situation and the way to solve the problems of this country and the oppression of the Zionist apartheid regime against the Palestinian people would be discussed.
About 70 people from 36 countries attended this forum, including political officials, managers of Think Tank organizations, and research institutes.
The first and second editions of the TDF were held in 2019 and 2020, bringing together regional politicians and thinkers in international studies, especially from West Asia.
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