• Military

• WMD Menu                           

• Introduction
• Systems
• Facilities
• Agencies
• Operations
• Countries
• Hot Documents
• News
• Reports
• Policy
• Budget
• Congress
• Links

• Intelligence
• Homeland Security
• Space

IAEA discriminatory in approach towards Iran: Speaker

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, Nov 28, IRNA -- Majlis Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said 
here Sunday that the International Atomic Energy Agency was 
discriminatory in its approach towards the nuclear cases of Iran and 
South Korea. 
Addressing a Majlis open session, Haddad Adel added that the 
IAEA`s discriminatory attitude toward the two states would damage its 
reputation. 
"It is not only surprising but disappointing that South Korea`s 
dossier was closed upon the United States` request but a resolution 
on Iran is discussed word for word," he said. 
He noted that the resolution proposed by the three European states
to the IAEA Board of Governors has been amended for the second time 
and is still being discussed by Iran and European negotiators in 
Vienna. 
"Despite what came out of the Paris agreement and the minor 
changes made, signs of pressure and greed can be seen which run 
counter to the agency`s articles of association. 
"What is the use of the agency if it cannot defend the right of 
countries to conduct nuclear activities for peaceful ends as 
guaranteed in its articles?" 
The speaker further noted that the agency was established to 
provide supervision to countries that engage in nuclear activities 
and not to block countries from invoking the right to develop this 
superior source of energy. 
"Although the agency, through its director-general, has cleared 
Iran of any nuclear activity for military purposes, it continues to 
cast a suspicious eye on its nuclear activities and is obstructing its
attempts to complete the fuel cycle. 
"This is not legal. It is a politically motivated move under 
pressure from the United States which is protecting Zionist 
interests. 
"Peace cannot be established in the world alongside discrimination
and injustice. In today`s world, the United Nations and other 
international organizations are toys of the powers that be and are not
able to defend laws. As a result, tensions will continue to increase. 
"Majlis insists on the country`s legal right to develop and use 
nuclear energy for peaceful aims while taking due cognizance of the 
concerns of European states and the IAEA," the speaker said. 
He insisted that it was the legal right of Iran to develop and 
use nuclear energy and that Tehran will not give up this right. 
Turning to another subject, he referred to a session of the 
headquarters for the fight against economic corruption held Wednesday 
(Nov 24) and said, "Majlis is determined to fulfill its duty and, 
toward this end, it will employ its twin tools of supervision and 
law-making. 
"Majlis is serious in its efforts to eradicate economic corruption
through vigilance in law-making," he concluded. 
2327/2321/1432