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Monday, 15 September 2003
ATOMIC ENERGY MINISTER DEFENDS IRAN
By empty (9/15/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russian Atomic Energy Minister Aleksandr Rumyantsev has once again defended Iran from charges that it is violating the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), telling ITAR-TASS on 15 September that \"there is no convincing evidence to justify complaints against Iran\" by the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Speaking at the IAEA\'s general conference in Vienna, Rumyantsev denied that nuclear cooperation between Iran and Russia, which is helping build the Bushehr nuclear-power plant, violates international law. He even insisted that \"under the IAEA charter, nuclear powers are obliged to help other states develop nuclear power for peaceful purposes.
Russian Atomic Energy Minister Aleksandr Rumyantsev has once again defended Iran from charges that it is violating the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), telling ITAR-TASS on 15 September that \"there is no convincing evidence to justify complaints against Iran\" by the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Speaking at the IAEA\'s general conference in Vienna, Rumyantsev denied that nuclear cooperation between Iran and Russia, which is helping build the Bushehr nuclear-power plant, violates international law. He even insisted that \"under the IAEA charter, nuclear powers are obliged to help other states develop nuclear power for peaceful purposes.\" (ITAR-TASS)