The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) vows that the country will “strongly” advance in the work of peaceful nuclear energy, defining this approach as a clear response to misinformation and sabotage by its allies to the Western states and peaceful nuclear programme.
“We have no illusions about continuing this path (we will move our nuclear work forward with strength),” Mohammad Eslami told Al-Arabic Television in Qatar in a statement released on Monday.
He said it served as a “clear answer” to the Western countries and a “clear answer” to their allies’ campaigns, “trying to create a controversial image of Iran, plagued by lies.”
Such a campaign on the part of the Islamic Republic’s enemies “exist only in politically charged actions born out of excessive demand,” he said, adding that hostile parties can escape such actions “for a long time.”
Officials’ comments responded to a hostile campaign aimed at forcing Iran to divert its nuclear activity to “military purposes.”
However, the Islamic Republic is the most vetted member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and government agencies have found no evidence to support alleged “repurpose.”
Tehran itself has also adamantly ruled out the prospect of pursuing, acquiring or maintaining nuclear weapons in line with moral and religious guidelines.
The campaign has recently emerged in the form of European countries that the IAEA plans to force anti-Iranian resolutions that could cause a “snapback” of UN sanctions on the Islamic Republic. The agency’s board of directors can issue resolutions against the state under pressure during the session scheduled for Monday.
Eslami said the “double standard” approach to parties that falsely denounce Iran is intended to pressure the country to cut or completely abandon it.
“Nuclear activity is one of the pillars of advanced science and technology. This activity serves as one of the fundamental foundations of progress in every country,” he argued.
“Iranian health has been sacrificed by political pressure.”
In response to the condemning parties, authorities said “we cannot continue to monopolize the technology.”
The anti-Iran campaign has “turned into a sufficient thread-bearing approach,” he noted, “and the whole world is doing this (the overused nature of the campaign).
Furthermore, he described the nuclear advancements of the Islamic Republic as homemade and domestic. “We have not imported this (technology) so we were unable to stop that progress,” due to the suspension of related imports.
Meanwhile, Eslami has listed the benefits of the nuclear programme for the Iranian state, including medical applications, and accused the state of accusing accusers of trying to interfere with the nuclear work.
“We use this (technology) for the benefit of people… If we were unable to enrich uranium up to 20% purity levels, we would not be able to produce radiopharmaceuticals that would benefit one million Iranians each year.”
“Why should people’s health be sacrificed to political pressure?” asked Eslami.
MP/PressTV