What are the consequences of the United Nations resolutions against Iran?
The people became more and more united and supportive of the government’s stand. The American administration hoped and dreamed that as a result of these resolutions, and sanctions, the Iranian government would make a hasty mistake by withdrawing from the [Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty] and expelling the inspectors from Iran. We didn’t make that mistake. Why not? We would have given an excuse to Americans to mobilize or convince the other countries to either impose sanctions or stringent or punitive actions. Apart from that, we have not withdrawn from NPT, or we have not stopped the cooperation with the agency, because of some principles. If we wanted to withdraw from NPT, we could have done it after the [1979] revolution. But, in general, weapons of mass destruction are contrary to the very principles enshrined in our constitution. If the U.N. Security Council says, “Stop enriching,” why not play good global citizen? We have taken such steps [in 2003]. We agreed to give a chance to
The people became more and more united and supportive of the government’s stand. The American administration hoped and dreamed that as a result of these resolutions, and sanctions, the Iranian government would make a hasty mistake by withdrawing from the [Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty] and expelling the inspectors from Iran. We didn’t make that mistake. Why not? We would have given an excuse to Americans to mobilize or convince the other countries to either impose sanctions or stringent or punitive actions. Apart from that, we have not withdrawn from NPT, or we have not stopped the cooperation with the agency, because of some principles. If we wanted to withdraw from NPT, we could have done it after the [1979] revolution. But, in general, weapons of mass destruction are contrary to the very principles enshrined in our constitution. If the U.N. Security Council says, “Stop enriching,” why not play good global citizen? We have taken such steps [in 2003]. We agreed to give a chance to
