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Iran firm on N-rights of NPT states

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator asserts the nuclear rights of all signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), stressing that Tehran will not retreat one iota from its nuclear rights.

“Any negotiation should observe and accept legitimate nuclear rights of all nations. We believe that very good cooperation can be developed with the purpose of better use of peaceful nuclear energy,” IRNA quoted Saeed Jalili as speaking to foreign diplomats visiting Iran’s nuclear sites on Sunday.

As a goodwill gesture in line with international cooperation, Iran invited diplomats representing political and geographical groups in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to tour the country’s nuclear facilities.

Representatives from the IAEA, the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) troika, Group of 77, the Arab League and Syria, Venezuela and Oman wrapped up a two-day tour of Iran’s nuclear facilities, including Arak’s heavy water reactor and Natanz enrichment facility on Sunday.

“The move by the Islamic Republic proves that the country will steadfastly pursue its nuclear rights,” Jalili further explained.

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) also called for collective efforts to strengthen the NPT and warned that depriving NPT signatories of their inalienable rights would inflict “the biggest” damage on the treaty and nuclear disarmament.

He noted that the IAEA shoulders great responsibility to achieve three main objectives, including collective efforts for global disarmament, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and bolstering cooperation among countries to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

The SNSC secretary praised efforts by independent countries in line with global disarmament.

The United States and its allies accuse Iran of developing a military nuclear program, and used this pretext to pressure the UN Security Council to impose a fourth round of sanctions against Iran’s financial and military sectors in June.

Iranian officials have vehemently refuted the charges, arguing that as a signatory to the NPT and a member of the IAEA, Tehran has the right to use peaceful nuclear technology.

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