Iranian Ambassador: “Iran rules out war”
Iran considers the attempts to move the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to the religious level unacceptable. This is what Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Ali Sayed Saghayan told journalists during a conference dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Iran and Armenia held at the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia today.
"Iran has never viewed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict from the religious angle, and this will remain unchanged," he said.
At "A1+"'s request, Ambassador Saghayan also touched upon the declaration adopted after the March 7 meeting of the Iranian, Turkish and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers in Nakhichevan in which the parties emphasize the need of settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the basis of the principles of countries' sovereignty and territorial integrity.
"Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi clearly stressed in Nakhichevan that he saw the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through peaceful dialogue and negotiations," Saghayan mentioned.
As far as the tension over Iran's nuclear programs is concerned, the Ambassador the issue was made up and was merely for propaganda.
"Apparently, U.S. President Obama has no real evaluation of the situation and his counterparts aren't giving him correct information. In any case, I must say that Iran is not consistent with the creation of a nuclear weapon, and that is not part of our strategic conception."
As far as the potential bombing of Iran by NATO or Israel, the Ambassador recalled that NATO Secretary General Andres Fog Rasmusen ruled out such a development.
"Israel will never do that because our response may be unpredictable," Seyed Ali Saghayan mentioned.
