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Larijani: National will decides fate of nuclear case

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, Feb 1, IRNA
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That's national will in Iran that decides fate of the nuclear case, said Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani here on Wednesday.

Addressing a press conference, Larijani said, "The nuclear case does not concern a person, rather the whole officials of the Islamic Republic. Either during tenure of Mr. Khatami (former president) or that of President Ahmadinejad, that's not a person that makes a decision; that's the collective will of all the officials of the Islamic Republic."
"You should be confident that in the face of certain mishaps, the officials and nation will not be disheartened.

"I consider such ups and downs in politics something natural; we have tolerated yet more difficult conditions but insisted on the demand of the nation."
Responding to a reporter who asked if Iran might transfer all its nuclear research to an island in the Persian Gulf to be done under full inspection of IAEA, Larijani said "The problem with peaceful nuclear activities is not island and territory; what's of importance is that all of us should accept that a system and a legal regime would dominate the nuclear activities of all countries.

"If we wish to devise a special legal regime for certain countries and provide freedom of action for certain other countries, we will in that case witness anarchy in the international law.

"The problem is not principally the soil. It is having a legal regime in the field of peaceful nuclear activities but not applying them to countries which have nuclear weapons but being tough with a country which is only doing nuclear research. The problem is double-standards.

"Today, the discussions we had with the Russian and Chinese friends did not concern enrichment in the Russian soil. Today, we had consultations on a solution to Iran's nuclear problem.

"You should let the course of diplomacy reach to the extent that would have the potential to emerge in the general diplomatic scene.

"I think you guess some components of the second scenario.I believe on some scenarios, actions should be taken and one should not speak a lot on them.

"Perhaps sharp eyes can guess what a condition will happen in the second scenario; I do not wish to unveil all the dimensions." Asked about Russian project, Larijani said, "The Russian project is an idea which has the potential to be completed; This means the spacio-temporal conditions and the technical facilities; and principally, such a project can not alone solve Iran's nuclear problem, rather it should be inside a collection of actions and a part of it."
Larijani said if Iran's case is referred to the UN Security Council, it is not something with no solution.

Russian project can be investigated under ordinary conditions and its timing, place and quality should be negotiated, concluded Larijani.

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