Breaking the monopoly on nuclear technology

This indicates Iranians’ strong will to defend their inalienable right to access nuclear technology meant for peaceful purposes, but can also be regarded as a symbolic measure on behalf of all Third World countries attempting to challenge the phenomenon of the monopolization of technology.

Due to their neocolonialist attitude, the United States and other Western countries have always tried to monopolize nuclear technology and at the same time have been afraid that other countries would one day gain access to it.

This neocolonialist attitude, which arose after World War II, considers the world’s independent countries, and particularly Third World countries, as a consumer market that has no right to achieve economic and technological independence.

Despite all their cultural, political, and religious differences with the United States, the European Union big three, France, Germany, and Britain, are in consensus with the U.S. on the need to deprive Third World countries of access to civilian nuclear technology.

This idea was actually formed within the framework of these countries’ special conception of the international situation after World War II, but no such reasoning can govern the world today.

All of the countries in the world, and particularly those that have signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and declared their commitment to the regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), believe that it is their inalienable right to gain access to civilian nuclear technology.

This technology has both technical and political dimensions.

The military application of this technology can actually threaten international security.

A good example of this is the Zionist regime, which, through its possession of nine military nuclear facilities and 250 nuclear warheads, not only threatens security in the Middle East but has also polluted the environment, since its nuclear installations were not constructed according to international standards.

Unfortunately, the double-standard policies of the United States and its Western allies have allowed the Zionist regime to become the only Middle Eastern country with a nuclear arsenal, which threatens Islamic countries from Indonesia in East Asia to Mauritania in West Africa.

The fact that the U.S., Britain, and France played a significant role in the establishment of Israel’s nuclear weapons installations during the 1960s is well documented. In response, Islamic countries should file complaints against France, the U.S., and Britain in international courts.

Also, within the framework of its strategic policy, the Islamic Republic of Iran has made two policy decisions on its nuclear activities. The first, upon which all Iranian officials are unanimous, is that possessing nuclear weapons cannot guarantee the country’s security, but, quite the contrary, would pose a serious threat to national security. In addition, maintaining a nuclear arsenal requires state-of-the-art technology and large expenditures, making it not at all cost-effective.

This is why Iran would never attempt to construct nuclear weapons. Indeed, this decision is part of Iran’s national defense strategy.

The second policy decision is that Iran is quite determined to develop civilian nuclear technology and that this is an unchangeable national desire, based upon which Iran can come to an agreement with the European Union.

During the past two years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has spared no effort to gain the confidence of the international community about the peaceful nature of its nuclear activities.

Two years of negotiations should have been sufficient for Iran and the EU to reach an agreement, but it seems that the EU3 always intended to keep the Iranians as their eternal hostages.

Iran’s decision to put an end to this “Tom and Jerry” game initiated by the Europeans is a national revolution against the exorbitant blackmail of France, Britain, and Germany. Iranians will never change their decision under any circumstances.

Threatening to refer Iran’s nuclear dossier to the United Nations Security Council is a worn-out weapon used by the U.S. and its Western allies which can never frighten the Iranian nation.   

SA/HG

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MNA