Iran determined to safeguard its nuclear right
Iran-Regional, Politics, 1/24/2006

Visiting Iranian Vice President for legal and parliamentary affairs Ahmad Moussavi, in a meeting with the Speaker of Tunisia's House of Representatives Fuad Mbazaa in the Tunisian capital of Tunis on Tuesday said that Iran is firmly determined to safeguard its right to use nuclear energy within the framework of international laws.

IRNA report that at the meeting, Moussavi submitted an official invitation from Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel to Mbazaa to attend an international conference scheduled to be held in Tehran in early spring in support of the Palestinian people.

He also briefed the Tunisian official on Iran's nuclear stance and its approach to the latest international developments.
He stressed that Iran voluntarily suspended its peaceful nuclear program including research two years ago for the sake of transparency and confidence building.

"Now that it has been verified by more than 1,400 inspectors that no violation of international laws has been witnessed at Iran's nuclear installations, some Western countries still insist on depriving the country of its right.

"They keep on accusing Iran on baseless pretexts. However, we are determined to defend our inalienable right to research on peaceful nuclear activities according to Article 4 of NPT," he concluded.

Meantime, Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei said nuclear power countries such as the US and Russia should long promissed fulfill pledges to destroy their nuclear weopons. He said "You have to practice what you preach ... The most important thing is to make the big boys understand that the major league is not an exclusive club. If you are not going to dissolve that club, others are going to join," he told the Financial Times.

Meantime, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said here Tuesday that all countries have the right to access nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. Talking to IRNA, Albar said Iran's nuclear programs are sanctioned by international law, rules and regulations, particularly the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

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