ASEFI: RUSSIAN NUCLEAR OFFER NOT ON AGENDA ANY MORE
IRANIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
March 12, 2006
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi said here Sunday the Russian nuclear proposal for Iran is not on the agenda any more.
Asefi made the remark while talking to reporters on the sidelines of a two-day international conference dubbed "Energy and Security: Asian Vision."
"The situation has changed. We should wait and see how developments will go on among different states including the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council," he said.
"Undoubtedly, Iran will not renounce its rights," Asefi emphatically said.
At present, he said, the possibility of studying and ratifying the Additional Protocol to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) does not exist in the Majlis.
"The recent decision by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran`s nuclear case has been politically motivated and void of any legal basis," he said.
"From the view point of the Islamic Republic of Iran the decision is unacceptable," the spokesman said. "The Vienna developments substantiated our predictions."
The session was thoroughly political and discussions failed to lead to voting, adopting a resolution and exchanging views.
"The Board of Governors forwarded a statement to the Security Council which indicated a politically motivated decision," he said.