Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said on Monday that his country did not intend to engage in negotiations over its ballistic missile program and rejected international stance towards Tehran’s regional policies. Qasemi also criticized the positions of French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian following his visit to Tehran. Le Drian hinted at Iran’s suspicious role in the region during an EU ministerial meeting in Brussels. “There are no unknown or questionable issues in Iran’s regional policies,” he said, adding: “Iran does not discuss its defense files and other internal issues of national security at the negotiating table with others.” Qasemi depreciated the position of the French minister, stressing that raising such issues, which are unfounded, “was nothing new”. He pointed out that the Iranian side had briefed Le Drian “quite frankly” on Tehran’s stance on various global and regional issues, adding that Iran’s regional policies are “very transparent and clear and can be seen by all.” Qasemi also advised his country’s “French friends” to “look more carefully at regional issues and at Iran.” Qasemi commented on France’s adherence to the nuclear agreement while calling for confronting Tehran’s regional role and its ballistic missile program. He said that the French foreign minister had repeated “same false statements” about negotiations over the missile program. The Iranian official claimed that his country’s defense policies “are clear, accurate and based on the national interests of the Iranian people and do not target any other country.” He stressed that the development of ballistic missiles was “a natural right to fulfill national interests and improve defensive policies in a way that does not allow others to attack the Iranians.”