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President lambasts Western attitude towards Iran's peaceful nuclear activities

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, Feb 11, IRNA
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Saturday took a swipe at a number of countries who are not signatories to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) but sit as judges to the peaceful pursuit of nuclear energy by the Iranian nation.

Turning to the West's arming of the Zionist regime on the pretext it is vulnerable to attack because it is not a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), he said: "It seems that countries which are non-members of the UN nuclear watchdog are enjoying more rights."
The president maintained that Iran had given the highest degree of cooperation to the IAEA in recent years.

Turning to Iran's talks with the EU troika in the past three years, he said that after all these years of talks it has become apparent that they do not want the Iranian nation to become a nuclear energy producer or have access to the technology.

"After almost three years, we are certain that they (EU) are against the progress and development of the Iranian nation." Comparing the nuclear issue with the Iranian government's decision to nationalize the country's oil industry, he said: "They want precious nuclear energy to be always at their disposal and to decide to sell to nations of their choice and thereby impose their will on nations."
Referring to the various articles of the NPT on the rights of member states to have access to peaceful nuclear technology, he called on Western countries to listen to the voice of the Iranian nation, which emphatically demands its "inalienable right to nuclear energy."
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