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    ACCORDING TO IRANIAN DEPUTY AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA, PROBLEM RELATED TO IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM IS PURELY POLITICAL ONE

    Noyan Tapan
    Armenians Today
    Apr 03 2006

    YEREVAN, APRIL 3, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A discussion on
    the problem of Iran's nuclear program was held on April 3 at the
    Noravank Scientific and Educational Fund. Ali Akbar Jouhar, Iran's
    Deputy Ambassador to Armenia, who had expressed an intention to
    discuss the matter with Armenian analysts, made a speech during
    the discussian. Speaking about the UN Security Counci's recent
    decision regarding the nuclear program of Iran, the deputy ambassador
    stated that the problem is a purely political rather than a legal
    or technical one. According to Ali Akbar Jouhar, Iran officially
    declared that thanks to its scientists, it has received an opportunity
    to obtain nuclear energy. In his words, Iran has such a right, since
    it joined the Non Proliferation Treaty (NTP) and has honored all its
    commitments. Many other countries which, unlike Iran, are not members
    of the NPT and did not assume any commitments, are implementing
    nuclear programs. Particularly, Israel has over 200 war-heads,
    however, according to the speaker, nobody pays attention to it. The
    US and a number of Western states believe that Iran does not need
    nuclear energy because it has large oil and gas resources. According
    to the deputy ambassador, a powerful nuclear plant was to be build
    in Iran under an agreement reached with Western countries prior to
    the Islamic revolution. "How is it that 30 years ago Iran with its
    35 mln polulation was in need of nuclear energy, whereas Iran with
    a population of over 70 mln and its developing production does not
    need it?" the speaker underlined. He noted that the West expresses
    suspicions about Iran's intentions, as Iran at first did not report its
    actions. There is concern that in case of continuation of its nuclear
    program, Iran will make a nuclear weapon. He pointed out that in the
    last 27 years, no country has come under Iran's attacks or threats,
    while Iran has been repeatedly subjected to aggression. Iran is
    situated in the center of a region, in which crises have constantly
    occured over the last 25 years, and, as the speaker put it, if it
    is not for Iran, these crises would have spread now not only in the
    region but also in the world. Therefore, the deputy ambassador noted,
    both the international community and the region would benefit from
    the existence of a powerful Iran, and vice versa, Iran's weakening is
    fraught with unpredictable consequences. Ali Akbar Jouhar said that
    Taliban and Al Qaeda were created by the West itself, while today it
    is Iran that is being suspected of terrorism. He noted that Iran,
    which was subjected to Taliban's aggression, provided the greatest
    help to Afghanistan. Iran also assisted Iraq with its democratization
    process. The fact that Iran is trying to support the peoples of
    these countries, according to the deputy ambassador, is presented
    as terrorism. He noted that the key issue related to Iran's nuclear
    program is that the West does not want any developing country to get an
    opportunity to obtain nuclear energy on its own. He said that Armenia,
    as well as other developing countries, which attach great importance
    to the development of high technolgies, may later encounter this
    problem faced by Iran. The deputy ambassador stated that Iran has
    fully honored its international commitment by carrying out nuclear
    work under the control of the International Atomic Energy Agency and
    is determined to continue this work regarding the issue of its right.
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