Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed that reaching a final deal concerning Tehran’s nuclear program needs real resolve by the Western powers.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed that reaching a final deal concerning Tehran’s nuclear program needs real resolve by the Western powers.

"If the other side shows real resolve to settle the problem over Iran's nuclear issue, we can obtain results at the earliest," Zarif said in a meeting with his North Korean counterpart Ri Su-yong in Tehran on Sunday.

He said that the West has imposed a set of sanctions against Iran, while the Islamic Republic has never sought to develop military nuclear program and it believes that all countries which possess atomic weapons should be disarmed.

Meanwhile, Zarif underscored Tehran's firm stance on pursuing a peaceful nuclear drive, and said, "Yet, no one in Iran accepts to give up the Iranian nation's inalienable right for the sake of the unfair sanctions, while the Islamic Republic of Iran won't allow the western states to display an incorrect image of Iran which is opposed to nuclear weapons."

Elsewhere, he referred to bilateral relations and mutual cooperation between Tehran and Pyongyang, and said, "The Iranian private sector can play a unique role in the expansion and deepening of trade and economic relations between the two countries and guarantee enhancement of ties by active presence in economic cooperation."

His remarks came as Iran and the G5+1 are scheduled to resume negotiations over a final deal on Tehran's nuclear program in New York on September 18.