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Iran says US nuclear accusation against Iran `baseless`

IRNA

Tehran, Sept 17, IRNA -- Foreign Ministry spokesman said here 
Wednesday that statements by the US under-secretary of state regarding
Iran`s posing a threat to the US national security are completely 
`baseless`. 
The Foreign Ministry`s Media and Information Department reported 
that Hamid Reza Asefi further referred to the aggressive and 
threatening tone of the American official. 
"It is obvious that the US intelligence sources are purposeful, 
deceitful and subjective." 
Iran does not seek to ensure its security through production of 
and stockpiling of its nuclear weapons and has no plans to use such 
armaments. 
Its defense strategy are purely defensive and has no designs 
against any country, the Foreign Ministry spokesman underlined. 
Asefi further reiterated that `Iran is ready to thwart any threats
by any country`. 
"Strengthening of our defensive capabilities is our legitimate 
right an no country can, through bullying, prevent Iran from attaining
its rights". 
So far, the US policy has been predicated on false 
presuppositions, `hence its diplomatic mistakes and failures are bound
to be repeated`. 
Meanwhile, Iran remains fully committed to the nuclear 
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) despite its objections to the deadline 
given to Tehran to prove it is not developing atomic weapons, Iranian 
vice president and atomic energy agency chief, Gholamreza Aghazadeh 
said Monday. 
"Iran is fully committed to its NPT responsibilities not only 
because of its contractual obligation but also because of its 
religious and ethical considerations," Aghazadeh told a general 
conference in Vienna of the UN nuclear watchdog, the International 
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). 
Aghazadeh also condemned the United States for using a 
`heavy-handed approach` to force through the deadline in a resolution 
at a meeting last Friday of the IAEA`s 35-nation board of governors. 
He said the US tactics were part of an `agenda` that had to do 
with `partisan politics in the United States`. 
NB/AH/210 
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