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Civilian use of nuclear energy has become a national resolve

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, Feb 1, IRNA
Iran-Nuclear Program-Larijani
Producing nuclear energy for civilian purpose has become a national resolve and the Europeans had better stand by Iran in development projects and not stand against national resolve, Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani said on Wednesday.

He told reporters that Iran will never opt out of
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) since it both calls for disarmament of nuclear arms and obliges International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to help the developing nations acquire nuclear technology for welfare and economic development.

Asked about the visit of Russian and Chinese diplomats to Iran, he said, "The Chinese and Russians friends came to Iran. We held talks with them. They put forward their views to remove the deadlock. We also offered our views and asked them to convey our views to their leaders. We thanked them for looking for a way-out of the current situation and that's all."
Responding to a question whether or not Iran may stop research studies for a single day, he said that there is no wisdom in halting research studies when the UN nuclear agency boosted inspections on Iranian nuclear sites and Iran is currently enforcing the Safeguards Agreement of IAEA.

"If they could convince us, we will stop research studies for 10 days, but, there is no wisdom for such a demand from a member state to stop research studies."
A reporter asked whether IAEA Board of Governors will follow the lead of the six European states calling for reporting Iran nuclear program to UN Security Council, Larijani said that the six states have damaged the prestige of IAEA Board of Governors with their statement ahead of the Board meeting.

"It is not right from a legal point of view to assign IAEA Board of Governors to report Iran case to Security Council. The member states have the right to put forward their views to Board of Governors not to order them to do this or that," Larijani said.

He said that reporting Iran to Security or referring it to the body are the same and Iranian parliament has required the government to suspend all voluntary actions that Iran has taken for confidence building.

Reporting Iranian case to UN Security Council will force Iran to suspend implementation of Additional Protocol to NPT, said Larijani.

"Reporting Iranian case to UN Security Council will also force Iran to repeal its commitment to Safeguards Agreement of IAEA according to which cameras of UN nuclear agency have been installed on all nuclear sites monitoring them," he added.

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