TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Police Chief Brigadier General Esmayeel Ahmadi Moqaddam stressed the countrys great progress in different scientific and technological fields, and said the western sanctions and pressures exerted on Iran on the nuclear pretext are all meant to stop this trend.We are moving ahead in biotechnology, nanotechnology and nuclear energy at a high speed and our scientific progress, made despite all the sanctions, pressures, enmity and propaganda against the Islamic Republic, is surprising foreign observers, Ahmadi Moqaddam said, addressing a gathering in Tehran on Tuesday.
Stressing that the main reason for the imposition of certain sanctions is blocking Irans progress, he said, Today, the nuclear issue is nothing other than an excuse and if this pretext is removed, they will certainly find another one.
His remarks came after Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underlined that the dispute over nuclear program is politicized, used as a pretext to put pressure on the Islamic Republic, slow down its scientific/technological progress, and contain its influence across the region and beyond.
According to Ayatollah Khamenei in 2014, even if Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany) clinch an accord, the West will come up with new excuses to antagonize Tehran.
The 10th round of negotiations between Iran and the six world powers was held in Vienna from November 18 to 24, where the seven nations decided to extend the talks until July after they failed to strike an agreement.
The latest round of the nuclear talks between the two sides was held at the level of deputy foreign ministers in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 18.
The two sides decided to continue their talk early in February.
Both Iran and the G5+1 negotiators have underlined that cutting a final deal before the July 10 deadline is possible.
By Fars News Agency
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