Italy ready to join European partners in nuclear talks with Iran
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, Jan 29, IRNA
Iran-Nuclear-Italy
Italy is ready to join European partners in nuclear talks with Iran, said an Iranian parliamentarian after talks with Italian ambassador to Tehran Roberto Tuscano here on Sunday.
A member of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mahmoud Mohammadi said the problem with Europeans' talks with Iran had been their denial of the right of the signatories to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), including Iran, for peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Mohammadi said the right for peaceful use of nuclear energy by signatories to the NPT and members of the International Atomic Energy Agency has been envisioned by the fourth clause of the Treaty and the Agency's charter and no country can deny it. On this basis, the Islamic Republic of Iran will never give up its legitimate and legal rights, he added.
The parliamentarian referred to Majlis approvals for peaceful use of nuclear energy within the framework of the Agency's safeguards agreement, saying it will not be logical to prevent the use of related knowledge and technology for country's progress and development just because of certain countries fearing Iran's likely diversion from peaceful intentions.
Iran's cooperation with the Agency means that the country officially recognizes the right of the organization for supervision, said Mohammadi, adding that this also means accepting the right of Iran for peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Tuscano said diplomatic solutions should be found for Iran's nuclear problem.
He said the blockade of Iran's accounts in Italy are not politically motivated and his government is making efforts to solve it.
He described the problem as judicial and in final stages.
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