NAM backs Iran proposal banning attacks on nuclear sites

More than 100 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries have welcomed Iran’s involvement to vote on a proposal, which bans attacks on nuclear installations.

“More than 100 NAM members supported Iran’s proposal to be presented at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) general conference in September,” Fars news agency quoted Iran’s IAEA envoy Ali-Asghar Soltaniyeh as saying on Monday.

Soltaniyeh also pointed out that the Egyptian envoy that holds the presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) formally announced the support in a letter to the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei on Monday.

On august 13, Tehran asked the United Nations to hold a conference of 150 countries to vote on a proposal to prohibit any military action targeting any nation’s nuclear sites.

The request was made through a letter, which was sent to ElBaradei.

According to Soltaniyeh, the IAEA general conference passed a resolution, proposed by Iran, entitled “Prohibition of All Armed Attacks against Nuclear Installations Devoted to Peaceful Purposes Whether Under Construction or in Operation in September 1990.

“It is necessary to protect such facilities as the number of nuclear installations has increased since then,” the Iranian envoy further explained. “It is undoubtedly a matter of concern for all countries.”

“The proposal will surely be supported by other countries and will pave the way for discussing and approving a resolution in this regard at the IAEA general conference to be held on September 14,” Soltaniyeh concluded.