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Supreme Leader: Iran's access to nuclear technology, a historical move

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, June 15, IRNA
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Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei here Thursday said that the honorable move of Iranian youth to access indigenous nuclear technology is a historical move contributing to promotion of civilization and urged that it should expand in various directions.

Speaking at a gathering of the officials of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) and a number of nuclear scientists and experts while touring the exhibition on nuclear achievements of Iranian scientists, the Supreme Leader said that science and technology are the major keys to progress, power and prosperity of every country.

"Any nation determined to build up its own destiny should seek such a key," added Ayatollah Khamenei.

The Supreme Leader said that the self-confidence of gifted Iranian youth and their belief in their potentials should be celebrated by the Iranian nation, adding that this deserves spiritual award unequal to any material one, given that it lays the preliminary cornerstone for maintenance of independence and dignity of the nation.

Ayatollah Khamenei assessed the Iranian scientists' access to the outstanding and complicated nuclear technology as more significant than the exploration and extraction of oil.

Turning to the hue and cry raised over the issue in the West, the Supreme Leader said, "Iran will not contend to such pressure. The growing trend of this scientific move is the major goal set by Iran." The IAEO Chief Gholam-Reza Aqazadeh, who attended the gathering, pointed to Iran's access to complete nuclear fuel cycle and presented a report on the latest scientific achievements of Iranian scientists in the field and the country's various potentials in different stages of nuclear fuel cycle.

"The IAEO has established a center for research on nuclear sciences and technologies, which include several specialized departments, to educate the gifted young individuals," said Aqazadeh.

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