 Iran Sunday sought to reassure Gulf Arab states over its nuclear plant at Bushehr, saying the unfinished power station enjoys the highest degree of safety. "There is nothing to worry about, we have spent a lot of money on its [environmental] safety and the security of the plant," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters.
| "We don't expect any more Bam-style earthquakes before we have bombs." |
The declaration came after United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan, in Riyadh Saturday for a Gulf Cooperation Council Summit, asked for Iranian guarantees over its nuclear program, calling it "worrisome not only for us, but for the entire world." Gulf Arab countries, wary of Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, share U.S. concerns about Iran having a nuclear bomb but fear another military conflict in the region. "We are consulting on a balanced position that protects the safety, progress and stability of this region," Oman's Deputy Prime Minister Fahd bin Mahmoud al-Said told reporters upon arriving in Riyadh for the one-day summit. |