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Tue, 09/13/2011 - 13:57
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Bushehr Operation Proves Inefficiency of Sanctions
TEHRAN (FNA)- The start of operation of the Bushehr nuclear power plant proved that the UN and the West's unilateral sanctions against Iran have all been futile, a legislator said Tuesday.
Speaking to FNA, Aziz Akbarian noted the western powers' continued animosity towards Iran since the onset of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and said the western states leveled different accusations against Iran in an attempt to stop Iran's progress and advancement in various fields, including access to the civilian nuclear technology.
"But as the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution (Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei) emphasized the need for resistance against the arrogant powers' expansionist policies, our resistance on the path of restoring the rights of the Iranian nation could eventually make the western world accept this important reality that Iran has acquired the civilian nuclear technology and they cannot stand against it," he added.
He further pointed out that "all the UN pressures and the West's unilateral sanctions and embargos could not deter the Islamic Iran's progress and we witness the launch of operation of the Bushehr atomic power plant today, which is among the most important entitlements of the Iranian nation".
Iran says its nuclear program is a peaceful drive to produce electricity so that the world's fourth-largest crude exporter can sell more of its oil and gas abroad. Tehran also stresses that the country is pursuing a civilian path to provide power to the growing number of Iranian population, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry.
The US and its western allies allege that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program while they have never presented corroborative evidence to substantiate their allegations against the Islamic Republic.
Iran is under four rounds of UN Security Council sanctions for turning down West's calls to give up its right of uranium enrichment, saying the demand is politically tainted and illogical.
Iran has so far ruled out halting or limiting its nuclear work in exchange for trade and other incentives, saying that renouncing its rights under the NPT would encourage the world powers to put further pressure on the country and would not lead to a change in the West's hardline stance on Tehran.
Iran has also insisted that it would continue enriching uranium because it needs to provide fuel to a 300-megawatt light-water reactor it is building in the Southwestern town of Darkhoveyn as well as its first nuclear power plant in the Southern port city of Bushehr.
The Bushehr nuclear power plant officially joined Iran's national grid with an initial 40% of power generation capacity.
The power plant will gradually reach its utmost power for the generation of 1,000mw of electricity.
Speaking to FNA, Aziz Akbarian noted the western powers' continued animosity towards Iran since the onset of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and said the western states leveled different accusations against Iran in an attempt to stop Iran's progress and advancement in various fields, including access to the civilian nuclear technology.
"But as the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution (Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei) emphasized the need for resistance against the arrogant powers' expansionist policies, our resistance on the path of restoring the rights of the Iranian nation could eventually make the western world accept this important reality that Iran has acquired the civilian nuclear technology and they cannot stand against it," he added.
He further pointed out that "all the UN pressures and the West's unilateral sanctions and embargos could not deter the Islamic Iran's progress and we witness the launch of operation of the Bushehr atomic power plant today, which is among the most important entitlements of the Iranian nation".
Iran says its nuclear program is a peaceful drive to produce electricity so that the world's fourth-largest crude exporter can sell more of its oil and gas abroad. Tehran also stresses that the country is pursuing a civilian path to provide power to the growing number of Iranian population, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry.
The US and its western allies allege that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program while they have never presented corroborative evidence to substantiate their allegations against the Islamic Republic.
Iran is under four rounds of UN Security Council sanctions for turning down West's calls to give up its right of uranium enrichment, saying the demand is politically tainted and illogical.
Iran has so far ruled out halting or limiting its nuclear work in exchange for trade and other incentives, saying that renouncing its rights under the NPT would encourage the world powers to put further pressure on the country and would not lead to a change in the West's hardline stance on Tehran.
Iran has also insisted that it would continue enriching uranium because it needs to provide fuel to a 300-megawatt light-water reactor it is building in the Southwestern town of Darkhoveyn as well as its first nuclear power plant in the Southern port city of Bushehr.
The Bushehr nuclear power plant officially joined Iran's national grid with an initial 40% of power generation capacity.
The power plant will gradually reach its utmost power for the generation of 1,000mw of electricity.
