In a mostly off the record discussion with about two dozen editors and political analysts, including Al-Monitor's Andrew Parasiliti, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that "the nuclear issue can be resolved," and condemned the Nazi Holocaust against the Jewish people, hoping to close the chapter on the legacy of Holocaust denial by his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
On the nuclear front, Rouhani said Iran is ready to "provide assurances, talk, and negotiate an agreement." Speaking through an interpreter, he stressed that Iran has nothing to hide, that all of Iran's sites are under IAEA supervision and will remain so, and that Iran expects its legal and full rights as a signatory to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). On the levels of uranium enrichment which Iran would be allowed for its nuclear program, Rouhani said that Iran seeks the same privileges as the other 40 or so countries which have signed the NPT and have the capacity for enrichment. "Nothing less, nothing more," he said.
