President: As IAEA member, Iran legally entitled to nuclear technology (2)
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, Oct 20, IRNA
Iran-Qods Day-Ahmadinejad
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Friday said that as a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran is legally entitled to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
Speaking to hundreds of thousands of people taking part in the International Qods Day rallies on the last Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, he underlined that the IAEA and its member states are bound to assist other agency members to access peaceful nuclear technology.
"While the Iranian nation attempted to secure such a right, none of the countries possessing nuclear technology took any measure to this end.
"The IAEA neither supported our legal right to nuclear energy nor did it provide any technological and technical assistance. The nation rather developed nuclear technology by relying on its own knowledge," he added.
The president said that Iran is one of the few countries fully complying with the relevant laws, adding that its nuclear activities have always been transparent.
"The highest level of transparency has been displayed by Iran in its nuclear activities with peaceful purposes. This is while, the countries having claims in this respect, have only been slightly transparent.
"The countries which have not fulfilled their legal tasks, but produce and experiment bombs of the second, third and fourth generations, claim that Iran has diverted from peaceful nuclear path," he said.
Dismissing such claims, he denied any violation and said that Iran has been quite transparent in its nuclear activities, which has been proved by the reports issued by the agency inspectors.
"Those claiming to be against proliferation of nuclear weapons themselves use them and have even equipped some regional countries with them to secure their interests in the region," he said.
He underlined that the enemies intend to monopolize nuclear technology to sell it to other nations at a high price.
The president said that they are against advancement and development of the Iranian nation and worried over Iran's access to nuclear technology without relying on them.
"We were told not to produce such a technology and that they will sell it to us. But the question is whether they complied with their commitments in the past. They did not even agree to sell us our required aircraft parts. Thus is there any guarantee that they will supply nuclear fuel cycle?
"We rather propose them to stop their own fuel cycle. We will produce and supply nuclear fuel to them with a 50 percent discount," he added.
Addressing the enemies, he asked whether they know what message their approach conveys to a country which has complied with all laws and has allowed inspection of its nuclear facilities.
"This means that no country will ever be willing to become a member of IAEA and NPT, given that they will be deprived of their rights.
"If nuclear technology is good, all world countries should have access to it. Otherwise, it should not be used by any country. Such an approach makes the world countries to conduct their nuclear activities in secrecy," said the president.
Turning to the US and Britain as the enemies of Iranian nation, he said that by making instrumental use of the United Nations Security Council and their illegal right in the council they intend to pressurize Iranians, but that with God Almighty's mercy, they will never achieve such a goal.
"Such decisions taken at UNSC are illegitimate, given that those filing complaints cannot make decisions and implement them.
"We offered our views and way of cooperation in a rational and clear package of proposal. It will be to their interest to cooperate with Iran, which is a powerful and justice seeking country," he said.
President Ahmadinejad underlined that today the Iranian nation and the ruling system resist the enemies and will continue such resistance to restore their rights.
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