TEHRAN - If a less turbulent atmosphere in relations between Iran and the United States is achieved through negotiations on Iraq’s security, it will affect the course of Iran’s nuclear dossier, Hassan Rowhani, the chairman of the Expediency Council’s Center for Strategic Studies, said on Thursday.

“If the atmosphere of Iran-U.S. relations becomes less turbulent, it will naturally affect the nuclear dossier,” Rowhani told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of the Moderation and Development Party’s provincial secretaries. Rowhani stated that the U.S. has been leading the charge against Iran throughout the course of the dispute over the country’s nuclear dossier, with the Zionists playing a role behind the scenes, so the United States’ attitude is extremely influential in this issue. However, the U.S. position was influential even before Iran’s nuclear dossier was referred to the UN Security Council, the former chief nuclear negotiator added. Iran is not negotiating with the U.S. to resolve bilateral issues but to help resolve Iraq’s security problems and also to support Nuri al-Maliki’s government, Rowhani explained. Iran-U.S. negotiations can breach the wall of mistrust between the two countries, he observed. He said the negotiating team does not make decisions for the nuclear program because that is the responsibility of high-ranking officials. --------------Moderation and Development Party “In light of the situation of (Iranian) society and the international situation, we need to establish a paradigm of moderation and rationality coupled with development,” Rowhani added. Certainly, hope for the future about the social, economic, cultural, political, and security situation has an important role in elections, Rowhani, a former lawmaker, said. “Can we expel or sabotage the management personnel or the proficient managers of a society and expect to see public trust in the totality of the system rise?” asked the former secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. Security issues should be resolved at a minimal cost and not the maximal cost, he noted