Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs has underscored the peaceful nature of the country’s nuclear program, saying none of the reports published by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) indicates any deviation in Tehran’s nuclear activities.
Kazem Gharibabadi made the statement in a meeting with UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, in New York on Tuesday as they conferred about the Israeli-US aggression on Iranian soil last month and UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorsed the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPAO).
Pointing to regularly-issued reports by the IAEA on the Islamic Republic’s compliance with the JCPOA obligations, Gharibabadi said, “Not a single word about the diversion of Iran's nuclear program has been mentioned in any of these reports.”
Rejecting as baseless and repetitive the Israeli regime’s claims over the past three decades regarding Iran's attempt to acquire nuclear weapons, Gharibabadi said, “The Islamic Republic of Iran, based on religious principles and decrees, has never sought weapons of mass destruction. These claims are leveled while the Zionist regime is not a member of any disarmament treaties for weapons of mass destruction and is equipped with all types of such weapons.”
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