Iran is determined to continue nuclear talks with interlocutors in earnest and good faith, President Hassan Rohani said while affirming that terrorism's main goal was to destroy civilization.
In his speech at the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, Rohani said negotiations have to be based on mutual respect and confidence, removal of concerns of both sides as well as equal footing and recognized international norms and principles.
The nuclear negotiations between Iran and the 5+1 have continued during the past year with "seriousness and optimism" on both sides, Rohani said.
According to all international observers, Iran has carried out its commitments in good faith, although, some of the observations and actions of the counterparts have created certain doubts regarding their determination and realism, yet, he hoped, that the current negotiations lead to a final accord in the short amount of time left.
Rohani stressed Iran's commitment to continue peaceful nuclear program, including enrichment, while enjoying full nuclear rights on Iranian soil within the framework of international law.
Iran and the P5+1 group are negotiating with the aim of reaching a final agreement by November this year. This deal will degrade Iran's enrichment capabilities including the reduction of number of centrifuges in exchange of easing of sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
Rohani, meanwhile, urged world leaders to define terrorism roots in order to fight it.
Terrorism germinates in poverty, unemployment, discrimination, humiliation and injustice, he said, and it grows in the culture of violence.
To uproot extremism, Rohani urged the spread of justice and development, as well as the banning distortion of divine teachings to justify brutality and cruelty.
He expressed his astonishment that "these murderous groups call themselves Islamic, and the Western media, in line with them, repeat this false claim, which provokes the hatred of all Muslims." He said the Middle East region was in a turmoil caused by security instability in Iraq coupled with the conflict in Syria, which broke out in March 2011.
The Middle East needs a broad cooperation with regard to social and political, as well as security and defense issues with a view to reach common and durable understandings, he said.
The Iranian official stressed if the Middle East had a greater cooperation and coordination, thousands of innocent Palestinians in Gaza would not have been fallen victim to the Israeli aggression that killed hundreds of people, injured thousands others, and destroyed public and private properties.