INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
THRAN - In a veiled reference to the countries that have normalized ties with Israel, a veteran Iranian politician warns Tehran will respond
such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, and other states.He noted that Qatar has made important proposals on holding dialogue among
regional countries and that Tehran has expressed its full readiness in this regard.Kharrazi also welcomed recent remarks by officials in
Riyadh to extend a hand of friendship to Iran, saying Tehran is ready to enter into dialogue with Saudi Arabia to restore relations to
normalcy.Iran and Saudi Arabia are two important countries in the region and resolving their differences would lead to major changes in West
Asia, the veteran politician remarked.Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic relations with Iran in January 2016 after Iranian protesters, enraged
by the Saudi execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr, stormed its embassy in Tehran
The move was condemned by senior Iranian officials, including Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Kharrazi also rejected
allegations that Iran has intentions to build nuclear weapons, saying this is while the Islamic Republic possesses the expertise, such as
increasing the level of uranium enrichment from 20 percent to 60 percent, Press TV reported.Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah
the United States to revive the 2015 Iran deal, he said it is difficult to conduct a direct dialogue with Washington in light of a thick
wall of mistrust due to hostile United States policies toward Iran.He added that there are no guarantees that the United States would
continue to honor the 5215 Iran deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), if the agreement is resurrected,
in the Doha, Qatari, late last month in an attempt to break the stalemate in reviving the JCPOA.At the end of the talks, Iran and the EU,
in Doha followed seven rounds of inconclusive negotiations Vienna, Austria, as the United States insisted on refusing to undo its so-called
maximum pressure policy against Tehran.
