Iran warns Security Council not to make mistake on nuclear issue

Iran's First Vice-President Parviz Davoudi said Monday that Iran's measures to obtain access to nuclear energy were based on international regulations, stressing Western states should accept such right.

Davoudi made the remark in a meeting with a member of Political Bureau of Communist Party of China, Wang Lequan. "Peaceful nuclear energy is a demand of all Iranians. The Iranian government takes steps to materialize people's demands," he said.

First Vice-President Parviz Davoudi said Monday that Iran's future talks on nuclear case would be based on international regulations and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

"President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stood up to all international pressures bravely and materialized access to nuclear fuel cycle technology.

"The president did not yield to pressures even those exerted by the UN Security Council and materialized the national will," he said.

The first vice-president added, "With such a spirit, the Iranian youth can successfully overcome all obstacles that the country will encounter.

"The 9th government has repeatedly announced that access to peaceful nuclear energy is a national demand. The country obtained access to nuclear fuel cycle on laboratory scale." Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani yesterday called on the US, and the other permanent members to take extra efforts to prevent a repeat of mistakes and to guarantee an atmosphere for constructive talks.

There are some signs that some UN Security Council permanent member states may be colluding with the US covertly against Iran, but that is not clear yet.

Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that Iran neither calls for nor can accept anything beyond the rights to which it is entitled, according to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

"We have to proceed with confidence building measures and our nuclear dossier will prove whether we have been complying with our international commitments or those who are using nuclear weapons. He said that the era of unilateralism, bullying and threat has ended.

Stressing that Iran has repeatedly and openly declared its rejection of weapons of mass destruction, he said, "During eight years of the Iraqi-imposed war we proved that despite the enemy's use of chemical weapons, we did not even let ourselves employ such arms to stop the enemy. These weapons were made accessible to Saddam Hussein by over 200 American and European companies."

Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said that the US and "Zionists opposition" to Iran's peaceful use of nuclear energy indicates that Iran's enemies have a war-mongering nature.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday said the progress attained by the Iranian nation was the result of its policies of independence and self-reliance, adding the enemies of the Iranian people and certain big powers are angered over this independence and dignity, and they will get a strong response for any attempt to cause damage to the Iranian people.