29 Mar 2024
Sunday 25 August 2013 - 16:39
Story Code : 46502

Official blasts wests efforts to keep monopoly on N. technology

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A member of Irans expediency council said Tehran is strongly against the possession of nuclear weapons, adding that the western countries hostility towards Irans nuclear program stems from their monopolistic approach to nuclear technology.



Both Iran and the US know that the Islamic Republic of Iran does not seek nuclear weaponsBut some (western states) believe that the (nuclear) technology should remain in the hands of certain countries, Mohammad Reza Aref said on Saturday evening.

He also reiterated that "Irans belief, policy and strategy" has been the use of nuclear and other advanced technologies for peaceful purposes.

Senior Iranian officials have, on various ocassions, emphasized the countrys transparent and peaceful nuclear activities, he noted.

Some western countries think that the nuclear technologies must be in the hands of a few, and are not happy with Iran acquiring such technologies, added Aref.

In relevant remarks on August 6, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made comments on his approach to the nuclear program, and reaffirmed Tehrans determination to pursue a win-win solution to the issue.

We are prepared to enter serious and meaningful negotiations with determination and without wasting time, and if the other party is equally ready, I am confident that the concerns of both sides will be allayed through dialogue, the Iranian chief executive pointed out.

In a separate development on August 20, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Araqchi reiterated that political considerations have no role in the country's nuclear activities, which are solely aimed at supplying the energy needs of the country.

Our countrys peaceful nuclear activities are not affected by political issues and are merely carried out in order to secure energy resources, he said at the time.

By Tasnim News

 

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