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Director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi[/caption]TEHRAN (FNA)- Western sanctions have failed to hamper Iran's progress in using civilian nuclear technology, Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi stressed, adding that his organization will unveil several nuclear achievements in April.
"The negotiations are nearing their final stages and the other side has realized that continuing pressures in different forms, including imposing sanctions, will lead to nowhere," Salehi said on Sunday.
The AEOI chief noted that Iran is preparing to unveil several new achievements of the nuclear industry on April 9.
He pointed to the ongoing talks between Iran and the world powers, and said, "We have found technical solutions to remove the other side's concerns, while guaranteeing our country's rights which provide a good prelude for progress in the negotiations."
Salehi referred to Iran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and said Tehran has pursued a successful diplomacy in its cooperation with the IAEA and removed many ambiguities concerning its peaceful nuclear activities.
He said Tehran has even disclosed to the agency in a number of cases that the intelligence presented to the UN nuclear watchdog on Iran by some western and Israeli spy agencies have all been wrong and full of contradictions.
Salehi also pointed to the failure of the arrogant power to go ahead with their Iranophobia scenario, and said, "The better understanding gained by the other side about the abilities of Iran's nuclear industry experts has led to it to the conclusion that it has no other way but to come along with the realities of our country's nuclear advancements."
On Saturday, Salehi stressed that Iran's redlines for any final nuclear deal with the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, France and Britain plus Germany) remained unchanged, reiterating that Tehran is resolved to keep its Arak heavy water reactor and Fordo Enrichment Plant.
Salehi said that "the function and nature of the Arak Heavy-Water Reactorwill remain unchanged as a heavy water facility".
He also pointed to the Fordo Uranium Enrichment Plant near the city of Qom in Central Iran, and said, "We are determined to make use of this site according to the guidelines of Iran's Supreme Leader (Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei) and AEOI's technical needs."
He underlined that Iran and the G5+1 have not reached a final agreement yet, and said, "Our long-term strategy is to materializing the macro-scale policies specified by the Supreme Leader."
Last week, Salehi announced that the technical issues with regard to Tehran's nuclear program had been resolved in his recent talks with US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz in Switzerland.
"We were facing a type of deadlock in the technical negotiations and the higher-ranking officials of the Islamic Republic assumed as necessary my presence in the negotiations and holding talks with the highest-ranking official of the other side, meaning the US secretary of energy, over details," Salehi said.
Noting that his talks with Moniz were fruitful and good steps were taken, he said, "We held talks on (uranium) enrichment, Arak research reactor, research and development (R&D), Fordo (uranium enrichment facility) and some other smaller issues."
"We took very good steps in issues related to enrichment and Arak reactor and managed to remove their fabricated concerns with the technical proposals that we raised, and we defended our national interests and nuclear industry which is a great achievement of the AEOI and those dear people who work in it," Salehi said.
Stressing that the negotiations were balanced, he said, "We can say that the technical deadlocks were removed in the two technical meetings."
By Fars News Agency
