Interior Minister: Enemies cannot decide on Iran's nuclear issue
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, March 5, IRNA
Iran-Gathering-Nuclear
Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said here Sunday that only the Iranian nation and not the enemies is entitled to decide on the country's nuclear issue.
The minister made the remarks in his address to a large gathering of war veterans and families of martyrs at the mausoleum of founder of the Islamic Revolution, late Imam Khomeini in southern Tehran, to support Iran's indisputable right for possessing peaceful nuclear technology.
The gathering was held on the eve of the upcoming meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors which is to discuss Iran's nuclear stand-off in Vienna on Monday.
"The weapon of the Iranian nation is neither an atomic nor a chemical bomb, but rather it is unity and faith," said the minister to the crowd of 5,000 Iranians war veterans.
Terming the gathering of such a large number of people as a good indication of Iranian people's unity, Pour-Mohammadi said "The US has to understand that it is no longer popular among the world nations.
"Peoples of the world are showing their hatred of the Great Satan (the US)," said the minister.
Referring to the disgusting bombings of the holy shrines of two Shiite Imams in the Iraqi city of Samarra on February 22, he said "The enemy targeted shrines of the holy Imams in order to sow discord among Muslims. But such acts will only lead to further awakening of the world nations," Pour-Mohammadi stressed.
At the end of the gathering, covered by scores of domestic and foreign reporters, the participants issued a five-article statement in support of Tehran's nuclear policies.
The statement also rejected any submission to the pressures exerted by foreign powers as a "damage to the national interests" and "unacceptable".
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