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Building a nuclear bomb is completely against Iran's national security doctrine, Secretary General of the Organization on Protection of National Interests of Iran, Saeed Yari, told Azerbaijan's Trend news agency.

Speaking of Iran's nuclear program, the official said that Iran and the West are now ready to find a win-win solution to the nuclear issue.

"The West wants to make sure that Iran will never use enriched uranium to build a nuclear bomb and this has never been Iran's goal," he said.

The U.S. and its Western allies suspect Iran of developing a nuclear weapon -- something Iran denies. Tehran has repeatedly stated that it does not aim to develop nuclear weapons, using nuclear energy for medical researches instead.

Speaking of Iran's negotiations with the P5+1 group, Yari said that while the talks might take some time, eventually they will yield a win-win solution for both sides.

"Considering Iran's geopolitics and geostrategic situation, the West will never seek to impose harsher sanctions against Iran," he said.

"For example, the U.S. will never impose more sanctions on Iran's oil industry. Military action can't be an option either, since any of the mentioned efforts will automatically enable Iran's security strategies and cause great regional and international challenges," Yari explained. "This will endanger the Western states' interests so they'll prefer to avoid such scenarios and seek a win-win solution."

As far as enriching uranium is concerned, the official said this activity inside the country is in compliance with the regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

"Based on the IAEA laws Iran can enrich uranium to 3-3.5 or 5 percent. So Iran considers this basic right as a red line and will never give up on that," Yari said, adding that uranium enrichment in Iran is one of the key and strategic points in the talks about Iran's peaceful nuclear program.

Regarding Iran's Fordow nuclear plant, Yari explained why the plant is of no concern.

"The Fordow nuclear site is located near Iran's Qom city. Its output provides fuel for the Tehran research reactor. Since the facility produces radioisotopes and its output is used for civilian purposes, the whole process is once again in compliance with the IAEA laws. It is another red line for Iran," Yari said.

He said further that at some point Iran agreed to stop producing uranium with a level of enrichment of 20 percent in exchange for receiving 20-percent enriched uranium from Western countries, but they never kept their promise, so Iranian scientists continued their own work.

"Shipping out uranium, enriching uranium outside the country and the Fordow nuclear site are Iran's red lines in the talks," Yari said. "If Iran wanted to give up on any of the mentioned issues, there would be no disagreement with the Western countries in the first place."