Iran criticizes U.S. media hype about enrichment

NEW YORK, June 5 (MNA) - Ali Reza Miryousefi, the head of the press office of the mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, has written an article in response to the commotion created by certain U.S. media outlets about Iran’s right to uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes. Miryousefi’s article was published in the June 2 edition of the New York Times in response to the article written by Steven Erlanger and Rick Gladstone entitled “Negotiations With Iran Conclude Fruitlessly,” which was published in the May 25 edition of the paper, and an editorial entitled “Iran’s intransigence,” which was published in the May 27 of the Washington Post. Following is the text of Miryousefi’s article: The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons has unambiguously recognized “the inalienable right of all the Parties to the Treaty to develop research, production, and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes without discrimination,” which covers all areas of peaceful uses of nuclear energy, including the inalienable right to develop a full national fuel cycle. Each party has the sovereign right to define its national energy policies in accordance with its national requirements. Iran is fully committed to its obligations under the treaty and is firmly determined to exercise its rights. In future talks, Iran will continue to insist on all its rights for peaceful uses of nuclear energy, including a full national fuel cycle. As pressure exerted by some Western countries against Iran has failed to bear results, we expect a positive and constructive approach regarding Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities. According to a press release published by the Press Office of the Iranian mission on Sunday, a copy of Miryousefi’s article was also printed in the June 3 edition of the Washington Post.