Khatami: Iran is also entitled to peaceful use of nuclear technology

Iran's President Mohammad Khatami said today that "in view of the ongoing progress in the world today, Iran is also entitled to peaceful use of nuclear technology."

IRNA quoted him saying "Iran's activities in the field of nuclear energy are peaceful and free from any ambiguity," said Khatami in a meeting with Iran's ambassador and permanent envoy to the UN and its specialized agencies in Vienna Mohammad-Mehdi Akhundzadeh before the diplomat assumes his new assignment.