Ayatollah Raisi: agreement without guarantees is meaningless/sanctions against Iranian people are very cruel

According to IRNA, Iran’s President Ayatollah Seyed Ebrahim Raisi said in an interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes program that aired Sunday night local time on this American network, he said that we are serious about reaching a good and fair agreement, but we must guarantee the existence of that America cannot withdraw from this agreement.

The head of the 13th government added: Americans broke the treaty. They did, an agreement is meaningless when you are not true to your commitment. We cannot trust America because we experienced it before; If there is no guarantee, we will have no trust.
In response to a question about the peaceful use of nuclear energy, Ayatollah Raisi emphasized that we want nuclear energy for medicine, agriculture, oil and gas.
In response to the question of the reporter of this American network, the President stated that the baseless claim of the West, including the United States, to build nuclear weapons, we have answered it many times, these claims are baseless, and the Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly announced that a nuclear bomb in Our defense doctrine has no place.

Ayatollah Raisi, in response to the question of the reporter of this American network about the difference between the Biden and Trump governments, stated: The new American government claims that it is different from the previous government and they have given us many messages, but we have not seen any change in reality.
The president emphasized that the sanctions against the Iranian people are very cruel and it is important for us that the sanctions are lifted. (Sanctions) create restrictions and problems for us. But a number of countries are sanctioned. By doing this, these countries become closer to each other and become more united, and this makes the American sanctions ineffective.

In the continuation of the interview with this American network, Ayatollah Raisi, in response to the question that if an agreement is reached, will you agree to release the four Americans and the issue of their release will be part of this agreement, he stated: A number of Iranian nationals inside America is imprisoned. Only because they tried to circumvent the sanctions. This can be a direct humanitarian issue.

The president added, we told the Americans that we can talk with them separately from the nuclear negotiations. This can be a humanitarian issue and is negotiable.

Ayatollah Raisi also said about attending the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly and the possibility of meeting with US President Joe Biden: No. I don’t think that will happen. We have no faith in negotiating and meeting with the American president and consider it useless.

The president answered another question of this American reporter about whether he believes in the Holocaust. He stated: Historical issues should be investigated by researchers and historians.

He added that there are also signs that this happened that should be allowed to be investigated by researchers and historians.

The president also said about the Palestinian people, the Palestinian people are a reality, but now they are displaced and driven from their motherland, and America supports this fake regime.

Ayatollah Raisi clarified that those who shake hands with the Zionist regime (normalize relations) are also complicit in the crimes of this regime.

The CBS reporter continued: I want to ask a question about your background. There is a sanction against you. You were present in the committee that was responsible for the execution of more than 5 thousand political opponents. (those prisoners) were either hanged or handed over to the death squad. Do you regret that action?
In response to this CBS question, Ayatollah Raisi said: What evidence can you provide in this case? These are the only allegations made by members of a terrorist group.
The CBS reporter continued: So you are saying that it is not true?
And the president also answered: Anyone who commits a crime in Iran will be tried in official courts and will be punished for what he did. They assassinated people and what happened to them was exactly proportional to their actions.

In response to another question about revenge for the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, the President said: The order to kill General Soleimani by the previous government and Trump himself was an inhuman crime. We want justice.

Ayatollah Raeesi in response to the reporter’s question about what is meant by the implementation of justice? He emphasized that what we are looking for is not the kind of actions and crimes committed by America and the Zionist regime in the world, and we will not do it.