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Iran to go on with diplomacy for right to use peaceful atom

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, March 5, Itar-Tass/ACSNA/IRNA -- Iran will abandon its efforts
for confidence building measures if the Iranian nuclear files go to 
the United Nations Security Council, Hassan Rowhani, the secretary of 
the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
said on Saturday. 
Addressing an international conference on nuclear technologies 
underway here, Rowhani expressed the hope for the positive outcome of 
Iran`s talks with the European Union on Iran`s nuclear program. 
"If the negotiations fail because of the United States pressure 
and the Iranian nuclear files are referred to the United Nations 
Security Council, the region will come up against serious problems, 
regional security will be jeopardized," he said. 
Rowhani said Iran more than once had stated its firm intention 
strictly to adhere to the international obligations for 
non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. 
"The Iranian people, guided by religious and moral principles, are
not seeking nor have been seeking the possession of these weapons," 
Rowhani said. 
He said an appropriate religious decree had been issued by Iranian
spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. 
"We will continue our active diplomatic efforts to uphold Iran`s 
lawful undeniable right to develop peaceful nuclear technologies," 
Rowhani said. 
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