President: Access to nuclear technology key to national progress
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Rasht, Gilan Prov, Feb 22, IRNA
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here on Thursday that access to nuclear knowhow was key to national development and preservation of Iranian civilization.
The Iranian nation has defined its right and will never give it up, he said, adding that the people are united in their demand for the right to pursue nuclear energy.
Addressing local residents of Rezvanshahr, he said: "We build Iran on the foundations of kindness, brotherhood, unity, trust in God, hard work and justice."
President Ahmadinejad arrived in northern Gilan province Tuesday morning for a three-day visit accompanied by Vice-President for Executive Affairs Ali Saeedlou and Senior Advisor for the President Mostafa Hashemi Samareh.
The president's current visit is his 25th to various provinces of the country since the start of his initiative of bringing the government closer to the people.
He has visited 16 provincial cities and met local residents, war veterans and martyrs over the past three days.
He returns to Tehran later today after presiding over a cabinet session in Rasht, capital of the province, to discuss the province's problems and needs.
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