Tehran, YJC. Iran's deputy FM emphasized that the issues related to Iran’s defense and missile capabilities are not negotiable and will comprise no topic for nuclear talks.
"Our country’s missile program is all in all defensive in
nature and the Islamic Republic of Iran will never see the defense issues as negotiable
and will not talk about them with any foreign party,” Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed
Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday.
"Therefore, Iran has never allowed and will never do in
the future for the country’s defense and missile power be included in or come
under discussion within the framework of Iran’s nuclear talks with the Group
5+1," he underlined.
He made the remarks in response to recent comments raised by
US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki who said Iran’s missile program will
be discussed in nuclear negotiations.
She also said that the issue of "how to deal with the
ballistic missile capabilities of delivering nuclear warheads has been
discussed and will continue to be discussed as part of the negotiations.”
The issue was raised after Iran on Monday successfully
launched and put the domestically-made Fajr (Dawn) satellite into orbit.