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US failed in bid to deprive Iran from nuclear right: Elham

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, Feb 23, IRNA
Iran-Nuclear-Spokesman
The United States failed in attempt to deprive Iran of its legitimate nuclear rights, government spokesman, Gholam- Hossein Elham, said on Saturday after the UN nuclear agency said it was "able to verify Iranian nuclear program".

Commenting on latest statement by the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice who pushed for issuing a third anti-Iran resolution by the United Nations Security Council over the country's peaceful nuclear activities.

Elham said that US officials have disregarded the latest report by the chief of the UN nuclear watchdog which verified the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear activities.

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei released an 11-page report on Friday stressing that the agency has "made quite good progress in clarifying the outstanding issues that had to do with Iran's past nuclear activities." ElBaradei added that during the last few months Iran had provided the UN nuclear watchdog with "visits to many places, which enable us to have a clearer picture of Iran's current program."

As for the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear activities, ElBaradei stressed, "I should however add that in connection with the weaponization studies, we have not seen any indication that these studies were linked to nuclear material."

Criticizing Washington attitude towards ElBaradei's report, Elham said, "As they have repeatedly showed in the past, they have no respect for the agency's report and disregard its technical and legal aspects."

The spokesman added what was said in the report has once more indicated that "referring of Iran to the UN Security Council was a political move which lacked legal bases."

Elham reiterated that Tehran believed "the only legitimate and official center to study Iran nuclear issue is the IAEA which has now verified the peaceful nature of Iran nuclear activities."
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