Iran expects India share its nuclear experience with Tehran: paper
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, Nov 16, IRNA
Iran-Editorial-India
A morning daily said on Wednesday that Tehran expects New Delhi share its experience and assist Iran's peaceful nuclear program.
Criticizing India's anti-Iran stand during the last meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog's Board of Governors (September 24), 'Iran Daily' said it seemed that New Delhi intended to revise its earlier stance on Iran's nuclear program.
"At the next IAEA board meeting slated for late November, the Indian government is expected to undo the damage and focus more on the technical and legal aspects of the Iranian dossier, not political give and take," argued the editorial.
During the last Board of Governors meeting, New Delhi voted against Iran and in favor of a US-backed European resolution, the daily wrote.
The nuclear watchdog is to meet on November 24 again to decide whether to refer Iran to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions if by that time it fails to convince the agency that its nuclear program is geared only to peaceful purposes, added the paper.
It further quoted pundits and politicians as predicting that under the worst scenario India would see reason and abstain in the IAEA vote and not attach its name to a politicized document.
"As a major political and economic player in this part of the world, India should help not hinder access of other countries to civilian nuclear technology," stressed the article.
It is time of need and especially at crucial junctures that countries must help each other, it concluded.
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