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Iran May Leave Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

11 February 2006 - - Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad warned today that Iran might abandon its commitment to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty if "unfair pressure" was put on it over its nuclear development program.

Western nations have successfully pushed for Iran to be reported to the UN Security Council for its failure to demonstrate convincingly that its nuclear scientists are not working on a nuclear weapons program.

Ahmadinejad was addressing a huge rally in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to mark the 27th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.

"The Islamic Republic's policy has been to follow its nuclear efforts in the framework of the [International Atomic Energy] Agency and the NPT [Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty]," he said. "However, if we find out they are going to take advantage of these regulations to destroy the rights of the Iranian people, you should know that the Iranian nation will reconsider its policy."

He also repeated his view that the Holocaust is a "myth" that has enabled Zionists to blackmail Western countries for more than 60 years.

He said the real holocaust was happening in Palestine and Iraq.

(Reuters, AFP, dpa)

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