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207003
Wed, 09/14/2011 - 09:30
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Demanding that Iran forfeit its rights is unacceptable
TEHRAN, Sept. 14 (MNA) -- Iran’s nuclear program is completely peaceful, transparent, and in compliance with the safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has repeatedly confirmed the absence of any evidence of diversion of declared nuclear material.
Contrary to the assertion in the Sept. 7 editorial in the Washington Post that Iran’s 20 percent uranium enrichment has no “plausible legitimate purpose,” in fact it is used to provide fuel for Tehran’s research reactor, which provides radioisotopes to hundreds of hospitals.
It is saddening that the article referred to the assassinations of Iranian scientists as “sensational stories.” It also ignored the fact that, as a member of the IAEA and a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Iran has the right to possess nuclear fuel, just as several other nations do, unhindered by any sanction or sabotage, such as computer virus attacks or the assassination of scientists. The demand for Iran to forfeit this right, simply as a result of politically induced hypothetical assumptions about Iran’s future nuclear intentions, is unacceptable.
As stated in a joint article by six former Western ambassadors to Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran has not breached its international obligations by enriching uranium.
Indeed, the editorial tended to ignore the importance of NPT rights and privileges as well as international law, on the basis of which Iran’s nuclear program operates.
Contrary to the assertion in the Sept. 7 editorial in the Washington Post that Iran’s 20 percent uranium enrichment has no “plausible legitimate purpose,” in fact it is used to provide fuel for Tehran’s research reactor, which provides radioisotopes to hundreds of hospitals.
It is saddening that the article referred to the assassinations of Iranian scientists as “sensational stories.” It also ignored the fact that, as a member of the IAEA and a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Iran has the right to possess nuclear fuel, just as several other nations do, unhindered by any sanction or sabotage, such as computer virus attacks or the assassination of scientists. The demand for Iran to forfeit this right, simply as a result of politically induced hypothetical assumptions about Iran’s future nuclear intentions, is unacceptable.
As stated in a joint article by six former Western ambassadors to Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran has not breached its international obligations by enriching uranium.
Indeed, the editorial tended to ignore the importance of NPT rights and privileges as well as international law, on the basis of which Iran’s nuclear program operates.
