President Rouhani Calls for National Resistance against Foreign Pressures

(FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Iranians should grow even more united against foreign pressures and get prepared for a major jump.

"We should put aside internal problems and push away problems and obstacles in the foreign relations, resist against the pressures and prepare for a major jump while united," Rouhani said, addressing a national congress in Tehran on Saturday to honor the veteran soldiers who freed the city of Khorramshahr in Beitol Moqaddas military operations during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war on May 24, 1982.

Stressing that Iran will never give up its nuclear rights, he said his government will pursue the nation's natural right of access and use of the civilian nuclear technology. "We will not allow the enemies to usurp or trample on even a bit of our national rights."

"I have no doubt that the Iranian nation will come victorious in the issue of the nuclear technology despite the pressures coming from the others," the president said and added, "We will move ahead with the powers which are in front of us as the Group 5+1 step by step and on the basis of logic and reasoning until we cut the chain of the sanctions and (come to materialize our goal which is) continue the civlian nuclear technology for peaceful purposes forever."

In relevant remarks on Thursday, Rouhani underlined that the country is not in a rush to reach a final agreement with the world powers, although it believes that such an agreement will be beneficial to both sides.

"We are in no hurry, neither in negotiations nor in reaching the final agreement. However, we believe that reaching a conclusion would benefit both sides,” Rouhani said in a press conference in Shanghai on Thursday.

"The Iranian nation seeks constructive interaction with the world and well understands the language of logic," he said.

"We expect the world to respect the international rules and act within the framework of human rights standards," Rouhani stressed.

Tehran and the world powers are now in talks to compile a final comprehensive deal which has a deadline of July 20 and can be extended for another 6 months after coordination and talks between the two sides.

Representatives of Iran and the G5+1 wrapped up their fourth round of talks in Vienna last Friday. The seven nations have been discussing ways to iron out differences and start drafting a final deal that would end the West’s dispute with Iran over the country’s nuclear energy program.

Iran says there has been no tangible progress in writing the draft text of the agreement and it blamed the US for the failure, saying Washington has made excessive demands beyond the agreements made in the previous rounds of talks.