Salehi: JCPOA not pace down Iran nuclear growth

Tehran, Sept 12, IRNA – Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi said the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action will not pace down the development of Iran’s nuclear program. He stressed that the document will have no adverse effect on the development of Iran nuclear program. The official said the restrictions which the JCPOA entails are by no means the ones which would restrict Iran in its nuclear activities. He welcomed the sessions the Iranian parliament’s special committee holds to examine the document in the presence of relevant officials and said such meetings help improve transparency and deflates certain concerns. He assured people that the Iranian nuclear industry will suffer no slowdown in technical aspects due to the JCPOA. Salehi went on to explain that the restrictions put by JCPOA are all in areas where Iran has no plans to enter in the coming years. For example, he said, Iran possesses no platinum so naturally it had no plans to produce any metals from it either. One important achievement of the Iranian negotiating team was to make the document guarantee Iran’s right for enrichment which was achieved after 12 years of struggle, he added. The Iranian nuclear chief further stressed that very few third world countries possess such a right. As for Iran’s uranium resources, Salehi said mines in two points of the central province of Yazd have already been spotted which will be implemented soon.