Americans Suppose Iran Rival: General Inspection Org Head

Kerman, Dec 18, IRNA – American officials observe Iranian actions momentarily and suppose Tehran as a rival, Hojatoleslam Mostafa Pourmohammadi, Head of the Country's General Inspection Organization said here on Monday. He made the remarks in a lecture for a gathering of clergymen in Kerman province. 'Iran has challenged the Western civilization and the nuclear issue is just an excuse for the West to pressure Tehran.' Pourmohammadi added that although China and India are economic rivals for the US after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but they have not presented a lifestyle to the world compared to the US liberal democracy while Iran has presented a lifestyle to the international community which they suppose as a rival. 'Iran is challenging the current hegemonic system.' Zionist regime and its close ally the United States accuse Iran of seeking a nuclear weapon, while they have never presented any corroborative document to substantiate their allegations. Both Washington and Tel Aviv possess advanced weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear warheads. Iran vehemently denies the charges, insisting that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only. Tehran stresses that the country has always pursued a civilian path to provide power to the growing number of Iranian population, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry. Iran, an NPT-signatory, has also called for the removal of all weapons of mass destruction from across the globe. In pursuit of global nuclear disarmament, Tehran held a conference on nuclear disarmament on April 18-19, 2010 with officials from different world countries in attendance. During the two-day conference, world officials and politicians put their heads together to address issues and concerns in connection with nuclear disarmament. Despite Iran's compliance with the NPT, Washington and its Western allies accuse the country of trying to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian nuclear program, while they have never presented any corroborative evidence to substantiate their allegations. Iran denies the charges and insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only. Political observers believe that the United States has remained at loggerheads with Iran mainly over the independent and home-grown nature of Tehran's nuclear technology, which gives the Islamic Republic the potential to turn into a world power and a role model for the other third-world countries. Washington has laid much pressure on Iran to make it give up the most sensitive and advanced part of the technology, which is uranium enrichment, a process used for producing nuclear fuel for power plant./end