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Iran's peaceful N-program transparent to all: Ahmadinejad

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, Feb 1, IRNA
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Thursday that the Iranian nation has always observed rules and regulations in the conduct of its peaceful nuclear activities, adding that the issue is clear as far as states are concerned.

President Ahmadinejad was speaking to reporters at the mausoleum of the Father of the Islamic Revolution, the late Imam Khomeini, on the first day of the annual `Ten-Day Dawn' celebrations marking the victory of the Islamic Revolution.

"To us, the nuclear issue is a legal and technical matter involving the exercise of rights (by states) but big powers have a politically motivated view of the issue. They have set up a front against us on the nuclear issue," he said.

He said that bullying powers have caused several problems for mankind, and claimed they apply double standards on states with regard to the exercise of the nuclear right.

"Their fear is not about this nation obtaining access to weapons but the fact that progress being achieved by the Iranian nation could very soon make it a role model for other nations.

"Today, nuclear weapons are not the defining achievement for nations. There are countries which possess very sophisticated nuclear weapons but have no place in international equations."

Pointing to the failure of Marxist theory in the world and the futility of Liberalist policies in various fields, the president said that over the past 27 years bullying powers have used propaganda to spread the idea that rulers that draw their authority from religion were a thing of the past and could not satisfy the demands of their constituents.

"But they have failed in their propaganda thanks to the capabilities and potentials of the Islamic Revolution and the Iranian nation.

"Those powers are actually concerned that Iran would very soon become a role model for other states," he said.

He said that ever since people repudiated Marxist and Liberalist views, their eyes have been focused on the Iranian nation as the "new path" toward a better world.

The president and his cabinet ministers, accompanied by Imam's grandson Hassan Khomeini, Thursday morning paid tribute to the Father of the Islamic Revolution, the late Imam Khomeini, and renewed their allegiance to his ideals.

The Father of the Islamic Revolution on Feb 1, 1979 arrived at Mehrabad International Airport here from exile in Paris where he was greeted by millions of enthusiastic welcomers.

From the airport, the late Imam immediately proceeded to the national cemetery in Behesht-e Zahra, south of Tehran, where he delivered a speech.

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