Iran’s Legitimate Decision to Retain Enriched Uranium
By: Kayhan Int’l Staff Writer
Iran’s firm decision that no part of its enriched uranium will leave the country drew wide applause from Iranians of all strata of society, as well as well-wishers worldwide.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ought to know that in accordance with the clauses of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Iran reserves the right to retain enriched uranium to meet requirements of its rapidly growing industries that range from agricultural projects and medical/ pharmaceutical enterprises to maritime operation and aerospace exploration.
An independent country, possessing highly skilled manpower and sensitive to the conspiracies of hegemonic powers, cannot and should not depend on what other countries have achieved and pretend to supply some limited amount of fuel or low-quality products.
Moreover, most of these promises are empty, even by the IAEA, and a ruse to keep a country underdeveloped.
Iran, after years of cooperation with the Vienna-based, unprofessional UN agency, headed by undiplomatic and, at times, inimical directors who act according to the script given by the US and Western European colonialists, cannot be forced to drop its inalienable right to upgrade uranium enrichment to meet the needs of its civilian industries.
It is now clear that after the recent politically-motivated and blatantly anti-Iran resolution of the IAEA, any delay by the Islamic Republic in deferring further its legitimate measures in the civilian nuclear fields, will be detrimental to the nation’s integrity and the welfare of the Iranian people.
It should be noted that Iran is the only world country that considers nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to be “haram” (religiously forbidden), and has always emphasized disarmament on the global scale in the interests of humanity, of which the regimes of the West are the least concerned.
This is evident by their indulgence in destructive activities ranging from manufacture of WMDs to triggering of climatic catastrophes and the satanic urge to meddle in the affairs of other countries by imposing upon them sanctions, sedition, terrorism, riots, wars and bloodshed.
Therefore, in view of these facts, the Islamic Republic of Iran will now bow to the pressures of any party, and in the interest of its patient and patriotic people whose solidarity has defeated every intricate plot of the enemies, needs to safeguard regional and global peace and security, by continuing to enrich and retain uranium.