Iran's president advises Europeans, US to discard arrogant position
A special meeting of the International Atomic Nuclear Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors will be held on February 2, 2006. The meeting was requested by the Permanent Missions of so-called EU-3 (UK, Germany, France) to discuss the implementation of IAEA Safeguards in Iran.
A special meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors can be requested by the Chair, any Board Member or the Director General. The decision to convene a meeting is made by the Chair after informal consultations with Board Members.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday called on the Europeans and the Americans to discard their "arrogant position" and instead adopt a rational stance on global developments.
IRNA reported that speaking after his meeting with Tajik counterpart, he told reporters that it is not possible to administer the world by force because today is the era of logic and contemplation. In response to the question posed on a draft resolution tabled by three European countries to refer Iran's nuclear dossier to the UN Security Council, he said, "There is no problem. They are trying their best and we cannot prevent others from making such efforts." It is a wrong for some to believe that world organizations are their own tools and they can exert pressure on others by making use of such tools, he said.
"We are to pursue our own rights within the framework of IAEA conventions, he said, adding, "We are not willing to create tensions in global relationship."
Those who have created such commotions over Iran's nuclear research, are determined to block the country's scientific developments and deprive Iranians of their legitimate rights, underlined the president.
They should offer reasons for their actions, their language of force will receive no reply in today's world, Ahmadinejad said adding that nuclear apartheid is doomed to fail.
Addressing himself to the European countries as well as the US, Ahmadinejad said, "Who are you to deny us our legitimate rights? You consider yourselves master of the world where all should obey you but you are mistaken." "In principle we are opposed to development of nuclear weapons and are to pursue dismantling of nuclear arsenals around the globe," he said.
"We have done our best to build confidence and now it is their turn to do so," he said. "We strongly doubt their sincerity and are quite confident that they seek to deprive us of our legitimate rights," pointed out the president.