Iran says its ‘compelling logic’ scares enemy

A senior Iranian official said Sunday that the reason behind the animosity toward the country is its “soft power and compelling logic.”

Deputy Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Baqeri told reporters in Croatia that animosity has forced the West to politicize Iran’s nuclear energy program.

“Iran’s nuclear stance is the full implementation of the articles of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) by all countries,” Baqeri added.

Iran says its nuclear program is aimed at the civilian applications of the technology. However, the West accuses Tehran of seeking nuclear weaponry.

Baqeri said as a signatory to the NPT, Iran respects and fulfills its obligation under the treaty.

He said “certain powers,” including the United States, which have produced and used nuclear weapons, continue to test new generations of the weapon.

He also called upon the international community to hold responsible the governments that have provided Israel with “atomic bombs.”

Israel, which has refused to sign the NPT, maintains a policy of deliberate ambiguity on whether it has nuclear weapons or not.

However, in May 2008, former US President Jimmy Carter admitted that Tel Aviv is in possession of at least 150 atomic weapons.

“The US has more than 12,000 nuclear weapons; the Soviet Union has about the same; Great Britain and France have several hundred, and Israel has 150 or more,” President Carter told a press conference at the annual literary Hay Festival in Wales.

Iran, on many occasions, has called on nuclear-armed powers to rid themselves of weapons of mass destruction.