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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Khatami terms unfair IAEA resolution on Iran

IRNA

Putrajaya, Malaysia, Oct 17, IRNA -- President Khatami said on Friday 
that Iran sees the IAEA resolution on Iran as unfair and finds its 
content deficient in technical and legal terms. 
Addressing dozens of foreign journalists on the sidelines of OIC 
summit, he said however that Iran has not yet decided on ending or 
curbing cooperation with the UN`s nuclear agency. 
President Khatami pointed to the very dangerous nature of Weapons 
of Mass Destruction and their proliferation for the world and stressed
that Iran has always been for elimination of such weapons in the 
region and in the world. 
Khatami also said that security, territorial integrity and 
national sovereignty are crucial subjects to Iran, adding that Iran is
against production and proliferation of nuclear arms according to its 
Islamic and national thoughts and also its support for the notion of 
"coalition for peace". 
Asked about his Thursday talks with Russian President Vladimir 
Putin, President Khatami called as good the two-way relations in 
economic and political affairs and said both countries have common 
interests in the sensitive regions of Caucasus and central Asia. He 
added that bilateral relation have been bolstered during Putin`s 
presidency. 
Khatami noted that during their talks , the two sides stressed 
continuation of the completion works of the Bushehr nuclear power 
plant. 
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