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IRAN MUST NOT POSSESS NUCLEAR WEAPONS

RIA Novosti

VIENNA, February 25 (RIA Novosti, Borislav Pechnikov) - Both Russia and the United States proceed from the premise that Iran must not possess nuclear weapons, while discussing that country's nuclear programs.

This was disclosed to correspondents today by State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov, who attended the fourth annual winter-time OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Parliamentary Assembly session.

Russia, which proceeds from the premise that Iran does not develop its own nuclear weapons, cooperates with Tehran. Among other things, this concerns the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, Gryzlov told his audience.

According to Gryzlov, Russia renders assistance to Iran in the nuclear-energy sphere. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) monitors such assistance all the time. Nor does such cooperation violate all the main provisions of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

We and IAEA experts (who are conducting serious inspections with regard to Iranian nuclear programs) must make sure that Tehran's nuclear-energy technologies have nothing to do with high-enriched uranium production, and that such technologies cannot be used for developing nuclear weapons, which has not been proved yet despite statements by certain IAEA Board of Governors member countries, the State Duma Speaker noted in conclusion.