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Reactions after reporting Iran to UNSC

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, March 10, IRNA
Iran-Nuclear-Views
Iran is in the spotlight as the United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan sent the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei's report on Tehran's nuclear dossier to the Security Council Thursday.

The world leaders and ranking officials have differently reacted to the issue.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who is currently in Italy, said the move brings Tehran under pressure but it is not the solution to its nuclear standoff with the West.

The Italian news agency (ANSA) reported that Mubarak's remarks came at the end of his meeting with Italian President Carlo Azeglio and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Rome Thursday afternoon.

The visiting president said the only way to settle the nuclear case is the resumption of negotiations between Iran and the European troika (Britain, Germany, and France).

Stressing that Cairo opposes any form of military actions, Mubarak said the issue should be solved through a "diplomatic agreement".

In another development, ANSA quoted a statement by the Italian Foreign Ministry as saying that the reporting of Iran to the UN Security Council (UNSC) "is not the end of diplomatic talks".

The statement added the move is only a step into new stage to find a political solution.

Meanwhile, a visiting Jordanian parliamentary official in the Iranian ancient city of Isfahan Thursday said Tehran will
"thoughtfully" go through safely.

Head of Jordan's Parliamentary Friendship Group, Muhammad Bani Hani, expressed Jordan's dissatisfaction over reporting Iran to the UNSC.

Speaking during a dinner banquet in Isfahan's Abbassi Hotel, the official reiterated he was confident that Tehran will successfully go through.

Another report from Moscow quoted a Russian analyst as saying that the UNSC "has no legal justification for imposing sanctions against Iran".

Head of the Russian Academy of Sciences Center for International Security, Alexei Arbatov, said there is no acceptable reason for reporting Iran's nuclear case to the Security Council.

Addressing a gathering on Iran's nuclear program in the Russian capital, the analyst added Tehran has breached none of its commitments within the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Consequently, Arbatov concluded, any ultimatum to the country could "only escalate international tensions".

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