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Iran seeks diplomatic solution for nuclear issue: Majlis speaker
TEHRAN, Dec. 1 (MNA) -- Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says Iran is seeking a diplomatic solution for the nuclear issue and will continue its nuclear activities under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
“We are inclined to act under the agency’s supervision and this requires a commitment to a diplomatic solution to the issue. If others try to pull off some political trickery, then Iran will change its path. So they should decide which way to go,” he told reporters at a press conference in Tehran on Monday.
What the Westerners tell the media is just posturing, but they tell the truth during the negotiations, the Majlis speaker noted.
“That truth is that they do not want Iran to have nuclear technology.”
Larijani pointed out that IAEA inspectors have visited the Fordo nuclear site and have seen that no machinery has been installed yet.
However, the Westerners have created a commotion over Iran’s peaceful nuclear program in order to force Iran to relinquish its rights, he observed.
Iran has said it will only accept the latest proposal by the IAEA, according to which it would trade a large consignment of its 3.5 percent enriched uranium for 20 percent uranium to fuel the Tehran research reactor, if it gets a 100 percent guarantee that the Westerners will fulfill their commitments.
Meanwhile, on Sunday the Iranian cabinet voted overwhelmingly in favor of a directive that requires the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran to formulate the plans for the construction of 10 more uranium enrichment facilities on the scale of the Natanz nuclear plant within two months.
The directive envisages the construction of five plants, for which the land has already been set aside, to begin within two months.
According to the Fourth Development Plan (2005-2010), Iran’s nuclear power plants should eventually generate up to 20,000 megawatt-hours of electricity annually, so the administration should supply the power plants with the needed nuclear fuel by establishing new enrichment plants, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday.
IAEA report not a surprise
Commenting on the IAEA’s recent report about Iran’s nuclear activities, Larijani stated, “If we look at the Westerners’ previous behavior, these double standards are not surprising. They have never intended to provide nuclear technology to the Iranian nation.”
The IAEA Board of Governors, under pressure by the West, adopted a resolution against Iran on Friday. The resolution criticized Iran for beginning construction of a new uranium enrichment facility at Fordo and demanded that it immediately halt its construction.
Iran’s ambassador to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, said last week that the IAEA report issued on November 23 proved that the commotion raised about Iran’s second nuclear enrichment facility was unwarranted.
“The inspections’ results show the consistency of all the information provided by Iran about its second uranium enrichment facility,” Soltanieh told ISNA in an interview published on November 24.
“We are inclined to act under the agency’s supervision and this requires a commitment to a diplomatic solution to the issue. If others try to pull off some political trickery, then Iran will change its path. So they should decide which way to go,” he told reporters at a press conference in Tehran on Monday.
What the Westerners tell the media is just posturing, but they tell the truth during the negotiations, the Majlis speaker noted.
“That truth is that they do not want Iran to have nuclear technology.”
Larijani pointed out that IAEA inspectors have visited the Fordo nuclear site and have seen that no machinery has been installed yet.
However, the Westerners have created a commotion over Iran’s peaceful nuclear program in order to force Iran to relinquish its rights, he observed.
Iran has said it will only accept the latest proposal by the IAEA, according to which it would trade a large consignment of its 3.5 percent enriched uranium for 20 percent uranium to fuel the Tehran research reactor, if it gets a 100 percent guarantee that the Westerners will fulfill their commitments.
Meanwhile, on Sunday the Iranian cabinet voted overwhelmingly in favor of a directive that requires the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran to formulate the plans for the construction of 10 more uranium enrichment facilities on the scale of the Natanz nuclear plant within two months.
The directive envisages the construction of five plants, for which the land has already been set aside, to begin within two months.
According to the Fourth Development Plan (2005-2010), Iran’s nuclear power plants should eventually generate up to 20,000 megawatt-hours of electricity annually, so the administration should supply the power plants with the needed nuclear fuel by establishing new enrichment plants, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday.
IAEA report not a surprise
Commenting on the IAEA’s recent report about Iran’s nuclear activities, Larijani stated, “If we look at the Westerners’ previous behavior, these double standards are not surprising. They have never intended to provide nuclear technology to the Iranian nation.”
The IAEA Board of Governors, under pressure by the West, adopted a resolution against Iran on Friday. The resolution criticized Iran for beginning construction of a new uranium enrichment facility at Fordo and demanded that it immediately halt its construction.
Iran’s ambassador to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, said last week that the IAEA report issued on November 23 proved that the commotion raised about Iran’s second nuclear enrichment facility was unwarranted.
“The inspections’ results show the consistency of all the information provided by Iran about its second uranium enrichment facility,” Soltanieh told ISNA in an interview published on November 24.
