‘World must not doubt Iran N-program’

“We, the same as other states, want to be absolutely sure that the Iranian nuclear program has an exclusively peaceful dimension,” Sergei Lavrov said in a press conference in Moscow on Monday.

The Russian Foreign Minister said his country is closely interacting with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran.

“The documents handed over to Iran a rather long time ago, 2.5 years ago, say that as soon as all the IAEA questions to Iran are answered, Iran will enjoy all rights of any non-nuclear member of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), including the right to enrich uranium for making fuel,” Lavrov said.

His remarks came after Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin expressed concern over the growing threat of a military strike on Iran, saying such an attack will have catastrophic repercussions.

“Russia is alarmed by the growing threat of a military strike” against Iran, Putin wrote in article in the daily Moskovskiye Novosti newspaper on Monday, adding that war on Iran will be truly catastrophic.

“We propose to recognize Iran’s right to develop a civilian nuclear program, including the right to enrich uranium” in exchange for placing the country’s nuclear activities under the supervision of IAEA, the Russian premier further said.

The United States, Israel and some of their allies accuse Tehran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear energy program, using the pretext to impose sanctions against Iran and threaten the country with a military attack.

Iran has denied the allegations and promised a crushing response to any military strike against the country, warning that any such measure could result in a war that would spread beyond the Middle East.

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