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'Israel renegade entity, racist regime'
[Iran Press TV] Head of Iran's High Council for Human Rights Mohammad-Javad Larijani says Israel is a "renegade" entity and a "racist regime."In a heated television debate aired on the American channel MSNBC, he further noted that the Tel Aviv regime is "source of all tension in the [Middle East] region." Larijani also added that Washington is the world's biggest state sponsor of terrorism. "The United States of America is the largest and the greatest country supporting terrorism," he added, noting that "the record of terrorist activity which is supported by tax money of these people is enormous." Turning to the latest report of ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano on Iran's nuclear program, Larijani said the IAEA allegations were "laughable" and "based on a document put to us four years ago." Larijani said that the whole issue was closed at that time because of "totally inconclusive evidence." The Iranian human rights ...which often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... official stressed that Iran's transparency on its nuclear program exceeded that of Western nations and there was "no single secret activity" concealed from international inspectors. Larijani added that Iran was not interested in producing nuclear weapons because that would be "against the Islamic code." He called nuclear weapons "more liability than asset for us" and said the country's "military muscle is strong enough to repel or deter any imminent threat." Larijani said the US is just trying to demonize Iran because Tehran has "fantastic relations" with all of its neighbors. Regarding the nuclear issue, the Iranian rights official went on to highlight Iran's nuclear transparency and pointed out that despite possessing nuclear weapons Israel discloses no details of its program. The debate followed adoption of the latest anti-Iranian resolution by the IAEA Board of Governors on Friday which voices "deep and increasing concern" over Tehran's nuclear program." The resolution, however, stopped short of reporting Iran to the UN Security Council or setting Tehran a deadline to comply. The US, Israel and their allies accuse Iran of pursuing a military nuclear program and have used this allegation as a pretext to convince the UN Security Council to impose four rounds of sanctions on Iran. Tehran has categorically refuted Western allegations, saying that as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), it has the right to acquire and develop atomic technology for peaceful purposes. Posted by: Fred 2011-11-20 |
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