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Iran`s defensive strategy has no room for nuclear weapons

IRNA

Tehran, Aug 31, Itar-Tass/ACSNA/IRNA -- Iran understands certain 
concerns about its nuclear program but would like to assure the world 
community that the Iranian defense strategy has no place reserved for 
nuclear weapons, Iranian President Sayed Mohammad Khatami told EU 
Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana during a meeting on Saturday 
evening. 
The Iranian president criticized some nuclear powers for their 
policy of double standards. 
"We support the establishment of fair peace and the promotion of 
dialogue among civilizations. We are calling for the elimination of 
weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East and we are against its 
use and accumulation as contradicting the Islamic principles and moral
values," Khatami went on to say. 
At the same time, Khatami noted that Iran had the right to use 
nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. 
In turn, Javier Solana expressed the hope that the human rights 
problem and nuclear energy wouldn`t influence the development of 
relations between the European Union and Iran. 
He added that the EU was interested in hearing Iran`s view on 
prospects for the signing of a supplementary document to the Nuclear 
Non-Proliferation Treaty. 
The European Union`s foreign policy chief believes that the two 
sides will give a new impetus to their cooperation if they manage to 
settle the nuclear issue. 
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