In a speech in Majlis Boroujerdi said Iran has been very cooperative and transparent in its dealings with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the agency’s inspectors have been regularly visiting Iranian nuclear facilities so there is no justification for EU to take this position.
He said it is Iran that has been denied nuclear technology by those possessing nuclear know-how.
Iran is a member of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and accordingly member countries in possession of nuclear technology should help Iran in this regard.
The member of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said it’s natural that as long as other nations don’t abide by their commitments toward Iran in transferring technology, Tehran cannot sign the Additional Protocol to the NPT.
He said that if the purpose behind the Additional Protocol is an inspection of Iranian nuclear facilities this is something which is happening regularly but if they intend to inspect Iranian installations once a week as in Japan, the Islamic Republic of Iran cannot accept it since the Iranian Constitution doesn’t allow any foreign domination.
In its last session in Brussels last Monday the EU asked Iran to review its position on human rights, terrorism, the Middle East peace process and cooperating with the IAEA.
On terrorism Boroujerdi said it is really surprising that EU asks Iran to be clear in its dealing with the scourge of terrorism while many European states have sheltered and supported the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) during the last two decades.
It is really regrettable that EU asks Iran, the main victim of terrorism itself, to change its behavior toward terrorism, he noted.
On the issue of human rights he said Western countries violated human rights in many cases such as equipping the toppled Iraqi regime with biological weapons to use against Iran.
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