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Iran voices opposition to discriminatory attitudes to NPT

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Vienna, April 24, IRNA -- Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh on Tuesday slammed the discriminatory attitudes towards implementation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

During the 2nd meeting of the preliminary committee to review the Non-Proliferation Treaty, he stressed that West's hostile policies towards Iran including its double-standard dialogue scheme and sanctions are doomed to failure.

He further expressed Iran's deep concern about the discriminatory behavior towards the NPT and said despite agreements in 2010 the disarmament process in the world is disappointing and worrying.

He termed existence of tens of thousands of nuclear warheads in countries which produce nuclear weapons and their regular update of the technology as the most serious threat to the humanity.

He said stockpiling of nuclear arms can certainly be of no help in annihilating such weapons.

Stressing that non-nuclear countries like Iran never feel secure living under such conditions, he said the international community cannot believe the excuses put forward by a small group of countries owning and producing nuclear arms.

He expressed the grave concern of the NPT member states about the strategic defense doctrines of nuclear countries which clearly manifests their rationale in making use of nuclear arms.

The Iranian envoy further referred to the installation of international missile defense system which drastically endangers the ultimate goal of disarmament as another source of concern for the international community.

He said the scheme falls short of providing security for those countries hosting the missiles and instead gives other countries necessary pretexts to expand their nuclear capability, thus triggering new rounds of arms race.

Referring to a recent US test of nuclear warheads, Soltanieh said such acts are interpreted as explicit efforts to support expansion of nuclear arms which could in turn trigger new arms races.

To fulfill its responsibility towards the humanity, he added, the Islamic Republic of Iran is determined to pursue all its nuclear programs including fuel cycles and enrichment activities within the frameworks of peaceful activities and continue to act under the IAEA supervision just like before.

However, he noted, Iran will never forsake its inalienable right to make use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes while continuing to remain faithful to its commitments to NPT.

The Iranian IAEA envoy went on to underscore the futility of the West's hostile policies towards Iran and its double-standard policies and stressed that such terrorist actions like assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists or the Zionist regimeˈs threats to attack Iran will only make the brave Iranian nation more determined to pursue its goals.

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