TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian parliament's Research center said the legislature welcomes the European countries' willingness to start a new era of bilateral relations with Tehran after the election of Iran's new president Hassan Rouhani, but Europe should stop complying with the US and Israel's antagonistic against Iran."The Iranian president's emphasis on dtente, moderation, constructive interaction with the world and reconstruction of ties between Iran and the foreign states has been welcomed by the officials of different countries, including the European states, in a way that some of them have expressed optimism about the start of a new round of relations with Iran in this new era," the parliament's Research Center said in its latest report on Saturday.
Yet, the report stressed that such rapprochement needs changes in the EU policies towards Iran and requires respect for the Iranian nation's rights and interests in all arenas.
"Any action taken by Europe to repeat its past destructive policies, including compliance with the US and Israel's anti-Iran policies, will be a major obstacle to the improvement of bilateral relations and if the European states dont repeat their past mistakes, relations with them can have positive results and effects for Iran," it said.
The US-led embargos have deprived the European companies of the huge benefits that they could earn from Irans abundant economic opportunities and many European states have voiced enthusiasm to restore good ties with Tehran after President Rouhani's election in June.
The US and its allies allege that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program while they have never presented corroborative evidence to substantiate their allegations against the Islamic Republic.
Iran says its nuclear program is a peaceful drive to produce electricity so that the world's fourth-largest crude exporter can sell more of its oil and gas abroad. Tehran also stresses that the country is pursuing a civilian path to provide power to the growing number of Iranian population, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry.
Iran is under four rounds of UN Security Council sanctions for turning down West's calls to give up its right of uranium enrichment, saying the demand is politically tainted and illogical.
Iran has so far ruled out halting or limiting its nuclear work in exchange for trade and other incentives, saying that renouncing its rights under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) would encourage the world powers to put further pressure on the country and would not lead to a change in the West's hardline stance on Tehran.
By Fars News Agency
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