Tehran, May 31, IRNA � President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday defended his moderate policy against consevative critics who are worried about changes in the country?s domestic and foreign policy.

The President made the remarks in an address to the staff of Department of Environment on the occasion of the World Environment Week starting from May 31.


Some political individuals and groups claim that they are concerned about the religious values and the other world but they actually know nothing about the religion and the other world, he noted.

President Rouhani asserted that the so-called ?We Are Concerned Groups? are living in a ?world of fantasy?.

Critics of President Rouhani?s policies particularly its foreign policy have established a campaign known as �We Are concerned� and have asked him on different occasions to give up his moderate policies and adopt the past aggressive policies of hardliner President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Iran?s foreign policy has taken new directions since Rouhani was elected President of the country in 2013. Nuclear talks between Iran and the G5+1 members have gained momentum.

Addressing the staff of Department of Environment in the ceremony, President Rouhani also called air pollution in Tehran and other major cities as a big challenge that should be settled by boosting the standard of distributed gasoline.

He asked regional countries including Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to help resolve dust pollution problem. Resolution of dust pollution problem needs regional and international collaboration, he added.

He also called for preservation of Orumiyeh and Hamoun lakes which are drying up.

The President underscored that his government gives priority to settlement of environmental problems.

President Rouhani reiterated that resolving environmental problems requires culture building.

He referred to water shortage as a major challenge of the country.

By IRNA

 

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