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Iranian nuclear strategy in conformity with NPT, IAEA Safeguards

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, March 12, IRNA
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Deputy head of Majlis Commission for National Security and Foreign Affairs Mohammad Nabi Roudaki said on Sunday that Iran has drawn up its strategy on nuclear program in conformity with Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and national interest.

He told IRNA that discriminatory approach of certain states to Iranian nuclear program is not acceptable and it is being dictated by the US.

Roudaki said that the international community is aware that reporting Iranian nuclear program to the Security Council has been dictated by the United States.

"Members of the UN Security Council well know that Iran has not exceeded the boundaries of NPT and Safeguards Agreement of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and that's why there is dispute about US arbitrary behavior within the Security Council." He said that according to note three of NPT and note 4 of Charter of IAEA, member states of the UN nuclear agency are entitled to have 1,000 centrifuge-related Research and Development (R&D) studies.

"Uranium enrichment at industrial level has been permitted at the scale of above 60,000 centrifuges by NPT, but, Iran has declared a moratorium on uranium enrichment at industrial level as a confidence building measure with the IAEA," Roudaki said.

He said that the US has transgressed the domains of law consistent with nuclear energy and Iran has no way but to lodge a complaint with International Court of Justice against violation of Iranian rights enshrined by NPT.

He said that Majlis had approved the suspension of the moratorium on uranium enrichment if Iran (were) reported to UN Security Council and currently, the Iranian nation prefer to wait and see how the debate of the Security Council will go.

"If the Security Council continued the same discriminatory approach as that of the US, the nation will not compromise its rights," Roudaki said.

He objected to IAEA for the ambiguous report it provided about Iranian nuclear program which always honored Safeguards Agreement of the UN nuclear agency and said its ambivalent report has put national interests of the member states at risk.

Roudaki said that the 'Western nuclear club' led by US and European states wants to have monopoly over nuclear energy by fabricating baseless charges against Iran.

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