Iran not seeking WMD: Asefi
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, March 19, IRNA
Iran-Asefi-WMD
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said here Saturday that as the Islamic Republic has repeatedly announced Iran is not seeking weapons of mass destruction.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in Paris on Friday night stressed there exists no contradiction between the Europeans' measures in nuclear talks with Iran and Russia's nuclear help to the country.
"Iran's peaceful nuclear activities are completely non-military.
To this, the Islamic Republic did its best to remove certain concerns and has cooperated with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) very transparently," Asefi added in reaction to an interview by the leaders of France, Germany and Russia on Iran.
"The IAEA has always announced that Iran's activities have not violated peaceful purposes.
"We agree with the three countries that no state should be deprived from peaceful nuclear technology," he said.
The spokesman expressed hope the three states would be honestly committed to their promises and respect Iran's rights in getting access to fuel cycle and prove it during the steering committee meeting which is scheduled to be held on March 23, 2005.
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