Ahmadinejad: Iran's rights will not yield to threats
Iran, Politics, 3/2/2006

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in charge of monitoring the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, Mohamed ElBaradei, has said that while IAEA inspectors have not found evidence that Iran is pursuing such an arsenal, the agency also cannot affirm positively that it is not doing so.

"As the negotiations proceed, it will be essential for all parties to specifically address the security, political and economic issues that underlie any future comprehensive settlement," he said in a statement.

"Only through these two tracks - full transparency on the part of Iran and negotiations with all concerned parties - can confidence be established regarding the nature of Iran's nuclear program and a durable solution be found."

Worth noting, that inspection agencies, before the US and UK invasion of Iraq, also said that they are unable to verify that Iraq does not have nuclear or mass destruction weapons. In logic, they say, you cannot prove a negative. In other words, Iran, no matter what it does, can never prove that it does not have plans to use the Nuclear technology for nuclear weapons development, and any person or organization can make a claim that Iran does. The AIEA agency head said it the agency found no evidence that Iran is pursuing such an arsenal.

Meantime, a report today by the New York Times (NYTimes.com) noted that the US President George Bush, who is on a visit to India, has agreed to support India's nuclear civil program, and to not object to India having nuclear weapons. This is despite of previous US objections against India developing nuclear weapons, and having imposed sanctions on India in the past, following India's experimental nuclear weapons tests several years ago. The report said the Bush and India's prime minister agreed to a "nuclear pact that would help India with power for its enormous civilian energy needs while allowing it to keep its nuclear weapons." The New York Times reported added "The Indian nuclear agreement, which essentially exempts India from international nonproliferation accords governing nuclear technology."

Meantime, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Malaysia today said that the country's nuclear activities continue within the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

"We believe that all NPT member countries are entitled to access nuclear energy for peaceful purposes," he added.

Denouncing the scientific apartheid, he noted that Iran's nuclear activities will continue under the supervision of the agency and in accordance with the relevant regulations. Ahmadinejad referred to Iran's policies and voiced Iran's call for nuclear disarmament worldwide.

Stressing that the doors are open to every party for negotiations, the chief executive said Iran will not yield to authoritative talks.

Worth noting that the US and others with the same goal are seeking to force Iran to relinquish its rights to generate its produce its own nuclear energy fuel on its own soil, and Iran had asserted this is its full right and that it intends to exercise it.

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