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Wed, 01/19/2011 - 12:53
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Resolutions cannot hinder Iran’s progress: Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that even thousands of resolutions cannot hinder Iran’s progress in nuclear activities.
Ahmadinejad made the remarks ahead of the upcoming talks between Iran and the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany), which are scheduled to be held in Istanbul on January 21 and 22. Iran has announced that it will not negotiate over its nuclear rights during the Istanbul talks.
“We are pushing ahead with our nuclear program, and they (the hegemonic powers) are issuing resolutions,” Ahmadinejad told on Tuesday.
“Let them issue thousands of resolutions. That is not important. What is important is that Iran has become a nuclear state. Let them say that Iran is seeking to build an atomic bomb. That is not important,” the president added.
The main bone of contention between Tehran and the West is Iran’s uranium enrichment program.
Iran says all its nuclear activities are totally peaceful, and, as an International Atomic Energy Agency member and a nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty signatory, it has the legal right to produce nuclear fuel for its research reactors and nuclear power plants.
However, the United States, the European Union, and other Western countries have imposed sanctions on Iran in order to pressure the country over its nuclear program.
In the latest move, in December the United States imposed unilateral sanctions on several Iranian companies, including two banks, an insurance company, and a local shipping line, which are accused of involvement in Iran’s nuclear energy program.
Early this month, Iran invited a number of international representatives to visit its nuclear facilities. The measure was taken to show the world that Iran’s nuclear policy is transparent.
On Saturday and Sunday, diplomats from Egypt, Cuba, Syria, Algeria, Venezuela, Oman, and the Arab League visited the Natanz enrichment facility and the Arak heavy water reactor in response to Iran’s invitation.
Some members of the UN Security Council and the European Union had also been invited but decided not to send representatives.
Ahmadinejad made the remarks ahead of the upcoming talks between Iran and the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany), which are scheduled to be held in Istanbul on January 21 and 22. Iran has announced that it will not negotiate over its nuclear rights during the Istanbul talks.
“We are pushing ahead with our nuclear program, and they (the hegemonic powers) are issuing resolutions,” Ahmadinejad told on Tuesday.
“Let them issue thousands of resolutions. That is not important. What is important is that Iran has become a nuclear state. Let them say that Iran is seeking to build an atomic bomb. That is not important,” the president added.
The main bone of contention between Tehran and the West is Iran’s uranium enrichment program.
Iran says all its nuclear activities are totally peaceful, and, as an International Atomic Energy Agency member and a nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty signatory, it has the legal right to produce nuclear fuel for its research reactors and nuclear power plants.
However, the United States, the European Union, and other Western countries have imposed sanctions on Iran in order to pressure the country over its nuclear program.
In the latest move, in December the United States imposed unilateral sanctions on several Iranian companies, including two banks, an insurance company, and a local shipping line, which are accused of involvement in Iran’s nuclear energy program.
Early this month, Iran invited a number of international representatives to visit its nuclear facilities. The measure was taken to show the world that Iran’s nuclear policy is transparent.
On Saturday and Sunday, diplomats from Egypt, Cuba, Syria, Algeria, Venezuela, Oman, and the Arab League visited the Natanz enrichment facility and the Arak heavy water reactor in response to Iran’s invitation.
Some members of the UN Security Council and the European Union had also been invited but decided not to send representatives.
