Iran after trust building in N-program

Iran says the Islamic Republic is ready to take any measure to help build confidence in its nuclear program but will not compromise on its legitimate rights.

“We are ready to take any measure in line with building mutual confidence with the West while protecting our nuclear rights,” ISNA quoted Iran’s caretaker Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi as saying on Friday.

The remark follows Iran’s invitation for a number of international ambassadors to the Vienna-based IAEA to visit its nuclear sites.

Salehi, who also heads Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI), expressed hope that the country’s goodwill gestures would lead to further mutual confidence between the Islamic Republic and the West.

“There is no country in the world that is willing to expose its nuclear facilities and this (the invitation) indicates the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear activity,” Salehi stated.

The head of the AEOI said envoys from Non-Alignment Movement member states, representatives from the Group of 77, the Arab League and a number of International Atomic Energy Agency members states have been invited to tour Iran’s nuclear sites.

About the recent remarks by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Salehi said sooner or later logic will prevail and the conscience of nations will be awakened in a while and they will gradually become aware of media propaganda and false hypes.

“If involved parties have begun to accept Iran’s rightful demand for civilian nuclear energy and technology this is a logical approach and [it is] promising and we welcome it,” he said.