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FM says Iran not after getting access to nuclear weapons

IRNA

Tehran, August 30, IRNA -- Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi on Saturday
said Iran was not pursuing efforts to reach the nuclear weapons while 
adding that Tehran`s nuclear activities were purely of peaceful 
nature. 
In a meeting with the European Union (EU) foreign policy chief 
Javier Solana here, Kharrazi said there is no room for the atomic 
weaponry in Iran`s defense doctrine. 
According to the Press and Information Department of the Ministry 
of Foreign Affairs, Kharrazi stressed the need for efforts and 
measures to strengthen the regional and global peace and stability. 
Kharrazi touched on the upcoming session of the International 
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) governing board and said Iran expects the 
IAEA not to taken decisions without thorough investigation into the 
facts in Iran. 
He called on the IAEA to stay clear of the political pressures to 
take unmeasured decisions. 
Kharrazi said Iran is well determined to go ahead with its 
cooperation with the IAEA while saying that Iran reserves the right to
enjoy the nuclear technology and would not ignore developing its nuke 
programs for peaceful purposes. 
He noted that Iran plans to generate most of the energy it needs 
through the nuclear-fuelled power stations while reiterating that the 
country remains committed to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). 
Elsewhere he commented on the situation in Iraq and expressed 
regret and indignation over the inhuman assassination of top Shiite 
cleric Ayatollah Hakim in the war-shattered nation. 
He said the enemies of Iraq are after intensifying tension in 
that country to be able to fish in troubled waters and to guarantee 
their own interests. 
Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer al-Hakim was killed Friday in a car bomb 
in the central city of Najaf. Hakim, who spent some 20 years in exile 
in Iran before returning in triumph to Iraq earlier this year, met a 
martyr`s fate along with his bodyguards. 
Hakim`s assassination took place as he was returning from Najaf 
Friday prayer which he himself had led. 
As for Afghanistan, Kharrazi called on the international 
community to pay more attention to Afghanistan saying security and 
development are interconnected and influence Afghan economy. 
He said the world community has to play a more active part in the 
reconstruction of Afghanistan. 
On the Middle East peace process Kharrazi said a fair peace is 
possible in the region only through the restoration of the inalienable
rights of the Palestinians to them. 
Solana termed as irresponsible the assassination of Ayatollah 
Hakim in Iraq and said the EU calls for the United Nations to play 
more crucial part in establishing peace in Iraq. 
He said restoration of peace and stability to Afghanistan is top 
on the EU`s agenda. 
On Iran`s nuclear activities, he hoped that the Tehran-IAEA talks 
would produce fruitful results. 
HB/214 
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