Iran�s agreement to a nuclear deal framework was based on concessions on domestic uranium enrichment, not economic sanctions, former Head of Iran�s National Security Council Seyed Hossein Mousavian said in a conference at the National Council on US-Arab Relations.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik)�� The United States and other P5+1 countries agreed on�a preliminary framework with�Iran over�the dimensions of�its nuclear program last week. According to�a fact sheet released by�the United States, Iran will be allowed to�enrich uranium up�to 3.67 percent for�the next 15 years.�The only thing that really made the framework possible was first, the US agreed to�Iran to�have [uranium] enrichment for�its domestic practical needs,� Mousavian stated on�Wednesday.

The former head of�the Iranian National Security Council argued that because of�the concessions on�enrichment, �Iran was willing to�give every confidence building measure� to�prove its nuclear program is not intended for�weaponization.

US lawmakers have wrongfully attributed Iran�s willingness to�negotiate to�the tough economic sanctions imposed on�the country, Mousavian explained.

�This narrative still has not been corrected in�the US Congress,� he said. �US Congressmen say�Iran only came to�deal because of�sanctions pressures. There is a big misunderstanding.�

Rather than�facilitating negotiations, further coercion by�the United States �would make Iran more aggressive,� Mousavian warned. �If there is more opening up, more cooperation, Iranians, they make a deal.�


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