NEW DELHI: “We believe that the peaceful use of nuclear energy is an inalienable right of every nation in the world and it should not be under the monopoly of countries which are seeking more than their due rights and are trying to have every thing,” Iranian envoy Syed Mehdi Nabizadeh said yesterday.
Addressing a press conference on the eve of 30th anniversary of Iran’s National Day, he focused on factors which have influenced Iran’s foreign policy during the last three decades. “Concepts like elimination of tension, dialogue and cooperation have opened a new chapter” in the country’s foreign policy, he said.
“Iran has always stressed over improving its bilateral, regional and international relations with its neighbors and other countries,” Nabizadeh said. History was a “good evidence” that in “no page can one find a single stance of Iran’s invasion against any other country,” he pointed out.
Iran also faces the danger posed by narcotic drugs, due to its neighbor Afghanistan being their main producer. Iran has “paid a heavy price in both human and financial terms in fighting the smugglers and distributors of drugs,” Nabizadeh said.
Defending Iran’s peaceful nuclear policy, Nabizadeh elaborated on Tehran having agreed to “supervision by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA,)” of the country’s peaceful nuclear program and “peaceful use of nuclear energy by the country.”