Iran again denies its nuclear intentions

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Source: CCTV.com | 11-11-2008 10:50

A foreign ministry spokesman in Iran has reiterated that the country is not seeking to develop nuclear weapons and that its nuclear program is being developed only for the purposes of generating energy.

Hasan Qashqavi, Spokesman of Iranian Foreign Ministry. (CCTV.com)

The United States and some of its allies accuse Iran of seeking to build nuclear weapons, a claim Tehran has long denied.

Iran insists it has the right under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty to develop reactor fuel using uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes.

Hasan Qashqavi, Spokesman of Iranian Foreign Ministry, said, "It is clear that Iran does not have any nuclear weapons. No country has ever claimed that. No one has ever said that Iran holds nuclear weapons. Everybody knows that Iran has always been in favor of the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and views this as a strategy to change the world. The biggest change in the world will be realized if we have a world and a Middle East which is free from weapons of mass destruction."

Editor:Zhang Pengfei