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| Iran FM slams latest UN sanctions |
| 2007-03-25 |
| Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Saturday dismissed the UN sanctions adopted by the Security Council against Iran as "unlawful" and "unjustifiable actions" by a few of its members. The UNSC unanimously voted Saturday to impose new sanctions against Iran supposedly for Tehran's refusal to stop enriching uranium. Mottaki, addressing the council after the vote, defended Tehran's nuclear program as for civilian use, blasting the nuclear resolution as a "scheme" aimed at "depriving the Iranian people of its inalienable rights." "Iran does not seek confrontation, nor does it want anything beyond its inalienable rights," Mottaki said. "I can assure you Â… intimidation will not change Iranian policy," the Iranian Foreign Minister said outright. He said the sanctions marked "the fourth time in the last 12 months that in an unwarranted move orchestrated by a few of its permanent members, the Security Council is being abused to take an unlawful, unnecessary and unjustifiable action against the peaceful nuclear program of the Islamic Republic of Iran." |
| Posted by:Fred |