Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Mohammad-Ali Hosseini Criticizes Efforts to Further Sanction Iran in Light of Latest International Atomic Energy Agency Report

February 24, 2008

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Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini here on Sunday urged members of the Group 5+1 to be more realistic and adopt legal approach.

Talking to reporters during his weekly press briefing, he said the Western governments campaign against nuclear rights of the Iranian nation will get nowhere. The Iranian nation, in the past three decades, proved the world that it has insisted on its rights and would not relinquish them, he added.

Asked about Tehran's reaction towards any probable resolution being lobbied by the US, he said, 'The anti-Iran resolutions had no legal or logical base from the very beginning.
Iranian nuclear program has been transparent and that all ambiguities were removed.' He said that sending Iran to the UN Security Council was illegal and in contravention with terms of the international law.

The understanding reached between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency, has resulted in normalization of relations, Hosseini said adding that all the six issues mentioned in the Action Plan were settled successfully.

Iran on Sunday called on the Western governments to come to terms and respect the landmark report the UN nuclear agency released on February 22. Citing the report by Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mohammad-Ali Hosseini, said that allegations made against Iran's nuclear activities were all proved baseless. 'All allegations made by the United States on alleged studies about Iran's nuclear program are proved unfounded,' Hosseini said speaking to reporters at his weekly press conference. He said the US allegations were 'a quotation made by a third person who is no longer alive according to inquiries.' 'We no longer answer baseless allegations,' Hosseini stressed.

Hosseini said, 'The highest specialized UN organ has verified that the six cases have been closed and that the process of monitoring Iran nuclear case has become normalized.' In his 11-page report released on Friday, the IAEA's Director General Mohamed ElBaradei verified non-diversion of Iran nuclear program.
He said 'the agency had made good progress in clarifying the outstanding issues that had to do with Iran's past nuclear activities.' ElBaradei also stressed that in connection with the weaponization studies, 'we have not seen any indication that these studies were linked to nuclear material.'

Iran will make necessary decisions if a new resolution be adopted against the county under the pretext of the nuclear program, Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mohammad-Ali Hosseini, said on Sunday. 'Iran will make necessary decisions based on the nature and content of any resolution,' Hosseini said speaking at his weekly press briefing.
He made the remarks commenting on new efforts made by the US to adopt a third resolution at the United Nations Security Council against Iran despite a report released on February 22 by the chief of the UN nuclear watchdog verifying no-diversion of Iranian nuclear program.

The report said that in connection with the weaponization studies, 'we have not seen any indication that these studies were linked to nuclear material.' For future monitoring of Iranian nuclear program, Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei called on Iran to accept Additional Protocol to Non-Proliferation Treaty. Iran said that it will accept the Additional Protocol upon return of Iranian file from the UN Security Council to the Vienna-based United Nations specialized agency.
Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mohammad-Ali Hosseini, said members of the United Nations Security Council should decide about Iran based on existing realities.
He made the remarks commenting on Iran's expectation from China and Russia (two veto-wielding members of the Security Council) regarding the issue of Tehran peaceful nuclear activities. 'Iran has discussed its legal and logical expectations with all countries with which Tehran has political relations and made political consultations,' Hosseini said.
He added that Tehran has had and will have no great expectation from the other countries than what it had said before in talks with them including the veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council. 'We asked those states that while making decision about Iran to take into consideration the existing realities and outcomes of Tehran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency,' Hosseini added.
Hosseini's remarks came amid recent efforts made by the US lobbying for a third resolution at the United Nations Security Council against Iran despite a report released on February 22 by the chief of the UN nuclear watchdog verifying no-diversion of Iranian nuclear program

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