RSS Feed
March 13th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Although the IAEA inspected parts of Parchin two times in 2005, it says it did
not see the area alleged to contain the explosives test cylinder.
Mehmanparast highlighted those 2005 visits and said Iran had accepted the “principle”
of another visit, but that the IAEA should have been “more patient”
in reaching agreement on the framework of such an inspection.
Parchin will be one of the key issues in a new round of talks being prepared
between Iran and world powers likely to take place in coming weeks.
Last week, the group of nations to sit down with Iran – the so-called P5+1
comprising the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany –
issued a statement urging Iran to “fulfil its undertaking to grant
access to Parchin.”
The talks will revive negotiations that broke down in Istanbul in January 2011.
Iran, under pressure from sanctions and the threat of military strikes on its
nuclear facilities, agreed on February 14 to a P5+1 proposal to resume the
discussions and has indicated it again favoured Istanbul as the venue.
Mehmanparast, though, said “several countries have declared themselves
ready” to host the talks, which he said should begin “soon”.
He added that Iran stood by its view that uranium enrichment – one of the most
contentious activities to be addressed – was permitted under the Nuclear
non-Proliferation Treaty supervised by the IAEA, as long as it was destined
for peaceful nuclear use.
“The level of enrichment for peaceful activities is a technical question,
and experts can determine what level of enrichment is within a peaceful
framework,” he said.
Iran is currently enriching uranium to 3.5 per cent, needed for nuclear energy
generation, and to 20 per cent, for isotopes to treat cancer patients.
Uranium needs to be enriched to 90 per cent or higher to make an atom bomb.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last weekend warned that the West should
drop its “bullying” stance against his country.
“As God is my witness, the Iranian nation will not give a damn for (your)
bombs, warships and planes,” he said in a televised speech on Sunday in
the city of Karaj west of Tehran.
The United States and its EU allies “should talk politely, and recognise
the rights of (other) nations, and co-operate instead of showing teeth, and
weapons and bombs,” he said.
Iran has repeatedly insisted its nuclear programme is purely for civilian
purposes and has no military component.
The supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has called nuclear weapons a “sin”.
Khamenei also praised US President Barack Obama’s recent comments cautioning
against “bluster” in talking about possible war with Iran –
although he also called US determination to press on with sanctions an “illusion”.
Source: AFP
Related posts:
Views: 0
Posted in 
Tags: 
