Iran-U.S. talks based on mutual respect will be constructive: envoy
In an article issued in the Swedish daily, Svenska Dagblat on Wednesday, he wrote, "In its turn, Iran has taken the initiative to establish a direct contact with the U.S. by sending President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's letter to his American counterpart, George W. Bush.
"Talks between the two countries based on mutual respect have been recommended to the U.S. by many European and American educational elites as well as international figures such as the Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan.
"Given the Middle East developments, the U.S. administration should learn that it cannot manage to impose its policies on others through unilateral and hegemonic approaches," he added.
In his article, written in response to the article of the U.S. charge d'affaires to Stockholm Casey Christensen, Qashqavi said Iran is prepared to give objective guarantees on the peaceful nature of its nuclear activities.
The diplomat noted that final verification of the peaceful nature of a nuclear program requires a long time, adding that so far only 21 of the 190 member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have managed to receive such verification from the UN watchdog.
"The U.S. anxiety over Iran's peaceful nuclear program is just a pretext to advance its political conspiracies and impose a nuclear apartheid upon Iran," he added.
Qashqavi said that like many other countries, Iran believes that the IAEA is the most deserving and authentic body to solve its nuclear issue.
"The U.S. attempts to make instrumental use of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and to invoke Chapter 7 of UN Charter will only make the issue more difficult and complicated for the international community," concluded the article.