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Iran to propose ban on targeting nuclear sites
2009-08-15
[Al Arabiya Latest] Iran will propose a ban on military attacks on nuclear facilities at a meeting of the United Nations nuclear watchdog next month, an Iranian official said on Friday as a hard-line cleric called on the government not to give in to Western demands to free those detained in unrest following the June election.

The Islamic Republic's IAEA ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh said a legally binding resolution was needed despite U.N. bans on such attacks because Israel had broken them in the past.

" The issue is prohibition of attacks and threats of attacks against all nuclear installations, during operation and during construction "
Iran IAEA ambassador
"The issue is prohibition of attacks and threats of attacks against all nuclear installations, during operation and during construction," Soltanieh said on the phone from Vienna, adding that Israel is well known for breaching this in the past.

Soltanieh said Iran would propose the ban at the IAEA's 150-nation general conference from Sept. 14 in Vienna.

The IAEA has passed several resolutions, the latest in 1990, banning "any armed attack on and threat against (peaceful) nuclear facilities". Soltanieh said they were toothless.

The IAEA's general conference will also discuss "Israel's nuclear capabilities" at the request of Arab countries, a regular item at the annual meeting.
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