Mottaki: Iran entitled to peaceful use of nuclear technology
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Vienna, March 30, IRNA
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Addressing the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on Thursday, Mottaki said access to peaceful nuclear technology was the indisputable right of Iran and other NPT members.
Mottaki said there was a clear intent on the part of certain countries to prevent the conference from becoming a success.
Thursday's remarks of the Iranian foreign minister made just hours after the UN Security Council approved a statement on Iran's nuclear program have been deemed highly significant by foreign media circles.
AFP quoted Mottaki as saying Thursday that Tehran was formally offering setting up of a regional center for enriching fuel for the Islamic republic's nuclear program.
AFP said Mottaki's statements at the UN Conference on Disarmament came just hours after the UN Security Council in New York unanimously voted to give Iran 30 days to heed long-running calls to abandon its uranium enrichment activities.
Iran has repeatedly announced that it will not give up its nuclear right in accordance with international law, rules and regulations and will not bow to political pressure from the US and certain European states.
Meanwhile, thousands of hours of inspection and monitoring of Iran's nuclear facilities by IAEA inspectors and monitoring equipment have shown not a single deviation in Iran's peaceful nuclear activities.
That finding has also been reflected in many statements issued by experts of the agency.
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