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Iran's nuclear activities peaceful: envoy

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Almaty, Feb 7, IRNA
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Iranian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Ramin Mehman- Parast here Tuesday affirmed that Iran's nuclear activities were for peaceful purposes.

Talking to reporters, he said that the country's nuclear program was aimed at generating electricity.

Calling the accusations leveled by the United States and the Western alliance on Iran's efforts to produce nuclear weapons as "a big lie," he said that "Iran is a member state of the International Atomic Energy (IAEA) and as such is committed to the
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)."
He noted that there has been no report so far of Iran violating IAEA regulations or other agreements signed by the country.

"Today, certain countries accuse Iran of trying to produce an atomic bomb but ignore countries which have atomic arsenals and hundreds of nuclear warheads and are even threatening to use these weapons against other countries."
Mehman-Parast further noted that "religious precepts underlying the Islamic Republic of Iran's policies prohibit the use of weapons of mass destruction."
"The IAEA Board of Governors discussed Iran's nuclear case hastily which strongly proved Western countries' political motives." He said the strong opposition of the US and its Western partners to Iran's nuclear program is but a segment of their anti-Iran policies manifested in sanctions which they imposed on the country after the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran 27 years ago.

Happily, he added, the Iranian nation has emerged unscathed by such sanctions.

He said Tehran was studying Russia's nuclear proposal to enrich uranium in Iran's behalf in its territory, and added that this subject would top the agenda of the second round of Tehran-Moscow talks scheduled to be held in Moscow on February 2.

"The West's attitude towards Iran's nuclear program will not remain exclusive to Iran. It will extend to other countries in the region in the future.

"The US and Europe will not allow Asian and African states to achieve scientific and technical progress and meet their domestic needs in order to preserve their vantage position over these countries."
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