Indian VP advocates cut in defense expenditure
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, Feb 11, IRNA
Bahman 22-Nuclear-Ahmadinejad
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Sunday the West's opposition to Iran's nuclear case is based on political and not technical or legal grounds.
Speaking to a huge crowd at Azadi square here on the occasion of the anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, he said that "everyday they (West) raise issues against Iran and today their pretext is Iran's nuclear progress."
He said they present various documents and quote various people claiming Iran cannot be trusted with a nuclear program.
Notwithstanding their unfounded allegations, "the Iranian government and nation treated them with honesty,"
"The Iranian government, step by step and upon their demand, suspended its nuclear activities. But to its regret and contrary to standing regulations, officials of the International Atomic Energy Agency sealed its nuclear facilities in Isfahan," he said.
"In return for the Iranian nation's sincerity, cooperation and goodwill, they raised pretexts everyday to force Iran to suspend all its activities as a pre-condition for negotiation," he said.
"A look at the record of things discussed during negotiations shows that the only thing they did not assert is Iran's inalienable right to acquire peaceful nuclear technology," he said.
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