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Iran waiting for EU practical plan on Iranian nuclear program

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, July 13, IRNA
Iran-EU-Nuclear Program
Rapporteur of Majlis Commission on National Security and Foreign Policy Kazem Jalali said on Wednesday that EU has two months to come up with a practical plan about Iran's national nuclear program.

He told reporters that Iran is waiting for the EU proposal. "If we accept the proposal, we will proceed with talks." "EU proposal should not ignore Iranian right as stipulated by Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to use nuclear energy for generating electricity.

Otherwise, the government should resume uranium enrichment in line with Majlis approval," he said.

Majlis passed a decision last month requiring the government to resume uranium enrichment on small scale for generating electricity in Bushehr power plant.

Iran has temporarily suspended uranium enrichment as confidence building gesture and said that it had established full fuel-cycle in line with safeguard agreement of International Atomic Energy Agency The US and EU want objective guarantee from Iran to go ahead with uranium enrichment to produce fuels for power plants.

IAEA required Iran to sign Additional Protocol to NPT as a measure for objective guarantee which grants intrusive inspection to the international watchdog.

Iran signed Additional Protocol to NPT and made it clear that Iranian nuclear program is for civilian purpose.

Iranian religious leaders including Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei have prohibited production of uclear weapons as 'Haram'(religiously forbidden).

The Supreme Leader's decrees are effective in all state affairs.

"Even though Iran suffered many casualties from Iraqi chemical attacks against Iranian soldiers in the course of Iraqi-imposed war (1980-1988), Iran never considered using similar weapons against Iraq, because weapons of mass destruction (WMD) is Haram (forbidden in Islam)," the Supreme Leader said in remarks concerning nuclear program.

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