Iran nuclear chief refutes IAEA claims

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Fereydoun Abbasi

The Iranian nuclear chief has refuted the International Atomic Energy Agency's report about Tehran's program having military aspects as “lies.” 

 

 

The Iranian nuclear chief has refuted the International Atomic Energy Agency's report about Tehran's program having military aspects as “lies.”

“Other [countries] in the world commit crimes and seek to make nuclear weapons, but the Islamic Republic of Iran which has always called for peace is accused of pursuing a covert program for producing atomic bomb,” Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Fereydoun Abbasi said on Monday.

On June 6, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano claimed that the UN nuclear body had received new unspecific information indicating that Iran may not be only developing nuclear energy for civilian purposes.

Abbasi said Iran does not need non-peaceful nuclear activities and they are not economically beneficial for the country.

“They want to hamper Iran's scientific and technological progress… through psychological war and false reports,” Abbasi added.

The United States, Israel and their allies accuse Iran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear program.

As a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran maintains that it has the right to develop and acquire nuclear technology meant for peaceful purposes.