Iran to continue its peaceful N-activities: Majlis speaker
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, Oct 11, IRNA
Iran-Speaker-Nuclear
Iran will continue its efforts to access peaceful nuclear technology, Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said here Wednesday.
"Iran has not suspended (uranium) enrichment and will never agree to suspension," Haddad-Adel said while addressing domestic reporters.
"We insist on our rights. News reports saying Iran's nuclear dossier will be transferred to the United Nations Security Council run counter to ongoing negotiations between Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani and the European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana."
He said that during talks held between Solana and Larijani, the two sides said their negotiations were "positive."
The speaker said threats and sanctions do not come hand in hand with continuation of talks.
He reiterated Iran's call for continued negotiations and warned that those who use threats to settle Iran's nuclear case will achieve nothing.
Asked about the disinformation campaign being waged by Persian Gulf littoral states alleging the Bushehr power plant in southern Iran is an environmental risk, he said the claim is not new.
"Persian Gulf littoral states make these accusations because they are opposed to Iran's peaceful nuclear activities."
The speaker expressed Iran's readiness to take measures to protect the environment, saying the "Bushehr power plant already has a built-in system that complies with safety standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)."
The speaker reiterated that the "concerns expressed over possible damage to the environment are politically-motivated."
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