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Iran suspends uranium enrichment program

IRNA

Moscow, Nov 10, Itar-Tass/ACSNA/IRNA -- Iran has suspended a uranium 
enrichment program, even though it has the right to it, said Hassan 
Rowhani, secretary of the Iran`s Supreme National Security Council. 
He said at his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 
the Kremlin on Monday that Iran `has made the decision` to stop 
uranium enrichment in order to `eliminate all concerns and misgivings`
of the international community and keep its nuclear program in the 
channel of international rules. 
Iran on no account pursues the goal of obtaining nuclear weapons, 
Rowhani stressed. 
He added that nuclear weapons are irrelevant for Iran`s defense 
doctrine. 
Rowhani told Putin that Iran would notify the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) in a letter on Monday that it agrees to sign an 
additional protocol to the treaty on non-proliferation of nuclear 
weapons. 
He said his country would act so that to win more trust from the 
international community. 
Just to create the trust, Iran has decided to sign the additional 
protocol, Rowhani said. 
He said Tehran had decided `to open` its past activity in the 
nuclear field to the world community and with this reasoning had 
answered all questions from the IAEA. 
Moreover, Iran has asked the IAEA to make other questions, if 
there are any, Rowhani said. 
He called Russia a `traditional historical partner` of Iran in the
nuclear sphere, adding that his country always would be with its 
`friendly neighbor -- the Russian Federation`. 
Putin said at the meeting that `Iran as a full-fledged member of 
the international community has the full right to develop its nuclear 
program for peaceful purposes`. 
The president said he did not see `any obstacles to cooperation 
with Iran in the nuclear sphere`. 
Putin cited as three lines of Russia`s possible dialogue with Iran
its opening its nuclear programs to the IAEA, signing the additional 
protocol and stopping the uranium enrichment program. 
Rowhani passed to Putin a letter from Iranian President Mohammad 
Khatami inviting the Russian president to visit Tehran. 
Putin said he would visit Iran `by all means`. 
According to Rowhani, Khatami counts on `thorough talks` with the 
Russian president. 
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