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Pakistani Analyst: Dialog, only solution to resolve Iran’s n-issue
Islamabad, June 30, IRNA - A Pakistani scholar on Tuesday said that Iran’s nuclear issue can only be solved through negotiations and not through sanctions.
Talking to IRNA, Mahmood-ul-Hassan Butt, Assistant Professor of International Relations at Quaid-e-Azam University, said that the idea of sanctions is not viable.
“I don’t believe that further sanctions will change Iran’s stance on the nuclear issue”, the analyst noted.
Expressing his views Mahmood-ul-Hassan Butt said the West took a hasty decision of imposing sanctions on Iran.
Spokesman for the Iranian Parliament's (Majlis) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Kazem Jalali has said that authorities in Tehran have devised certain plans to counter such punitive measures.
The Pakistani analyst said that definitely Iran would have plans to counter sanctions adding that Iran has to take some immediate steps along with long term plans to face the sanctions.
“Iran has to ration its oil production to come out of the negative effect of the United Nations (UN) curbs”, he suggested.
Mahmood-ul-Hassan was of the opinion that fresh round of sanctions on Iran is not stringent enough to cripple Islamic Republic’s economy saying that Iran is fully capable to stand with the Western sanctions.
He added that Iran has been saying that its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes, so the West should adopt strategy of dialogue with Iran instead of putting pressure on the country to roll back its nuclear programme.
“Acquiring peaceful nuclear energy is the fundamental right of Iran, you cannot pressurize Iran by imposing sanctions”, said the intellectual.
The analyst said continued dialogue is the only way to solve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program.
He urged all sides to engage in talks, saying that resolving the issue peacefully through negotiations is the best way to move forward.
The analyst said that the dialog is the best choice and will conform to the interests of all sides as well as peace and stability in the region.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has conducted numerous unannounced inspections of Iran's nuclear sites and has found no evidence supporting the Western allegations./end
Talking to IRNA, Mahmood-ul-Hassan Butt, Assistant Professor of International Relations at Quaid-e-Azam University, said that the idea of sanctions is not viable.
“I don’t believe that further sanctions will change Iran’s stance on the nuclear issue”, the analyst noted.
Expressing his views Mahmood-ul-Hassan Butt said the West took a hasty decision of imposing sanctions on Iran.
Spokesman for the Iranian Parliament's (Majlis) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Kazem Jalali has said that authorities in Tehran have devised certain plans to counter such punitive measures.
The Pakistani analyst said that definitely Iran would have plans to counter sanctions adding that Iran has to take some immediate steps along with long term plans to face the sanctions.
“Iran has to ration its oil production to come out of the negative effect of the United Nations (UN) curbs”, he suggested.
Mahmood-ul-Hassan was of the opinion that fresh round of sanctions on Iran is not stringent enough to cripple Islamic Republic’s economy saying that Iran is fully capable to stand with the Western sanctions.
He added that Iran has been saying that its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes, so the West should adopt strategy of dialogue with Iran instead of putting pressure on the country to roll back its nuclear programme.
“Acquiring peaceful nuclear energy is the fundamental right of Iran, you cannot pressurize Iran by imposing sanctions”, said the intellectual.
The analyst said continued dialogue is the only way to solve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program.
He urged all sides to engage in talks, saying that resolving the issue peacefully through negotiations is the best way to move forward.
The analyst said that the dialog is the best choice and will conform to the interests of all sides as well as peace and stability in the region.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has conducted numerous unannounced inspections of Iran's nuclear sites and has found no evidence supporting the Western allegations./end
