Oslo, June 13, IRNA � The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action reached between Iran and the world powers on the Islamic Republic's nuclear issue is an example of a constructive dialogue, says Iran's foreign minister.


'The JCPOA, compared to the destructive trends overwhelming our region, tends to be example of a constructive dialogue,' Mohammad Javad Zarif said addressing a meeting on JCPOA and new opportunities in the Norwegian capital on Monday.

The point is that a zero sum approach is not going to work in this globalized world, Iran's top diplomat said.

'Agreements require benefiting of both sides, and a bilateral commitment on the implementation of an agreement is going to guarantee its sustainability and irreversibility,' he said.

Iran managed to stand against all the international pressures, an eight-year imposing war and sanctions, Zarif said.

The Islamic Republic managed to do this by relying on its people, he said.

'By looking at the history of sanctions, it is revealed that they were all imposed on us based on certain trends and for the achievement of certain goals.'

But the Iranian people never gave in and elected President Hassan Rouhani, whose election paved the way for Iran's engagement with the P5+1, Zarif said.

Despite the so-called paralyzing sanctions, the Iranian people opted engagement with the world, not out of a will to remove sanctions but out of a determination to stop Iranophobia and to present the real image of the Iranian society to the world, Zarif said.

'This the Iranian people did, while some were spreading ideologies of hate in the name of Islam, as portrayed in the atrocities committed by Daesh terrorists today.'

Iran's foreign minister said that presently, the young generation of Iran is on the fast track of achieving surprising developments.

'They have managed to create a safe and stable society.'

'I don't mean that we are on a safe island in a tumultuous sea of instability, as I believe our security and safety is interrelated.'

But unlike its neighbors, Iran, to maintain its safety, is relying on its indigenous independence and not on the imported weapons and hardware, Zarif said.

'Yet this is not going to mean that we want to sever ties with the world.'

The economy of resistance adopted by the Islamic Republic, despite misinterpretations by some, is just relying on domestic resources and power and the people, he said.

'This is going to be a privilege in our further engagement with the world.'

'We are all on a single ship called the globe which is getting smaller and smaller and we are going to be saved or drowned together.'

Zarif also called on Oslo to use all the potential to further ties with Tehran.

'I assure you that Iran is a reliable and committed partner.'

By IRNA