Iran warns it could no longer have any respect for nuclear treaty

Iran warns it could no longer have any respect for nuclear treaty

Tehran (AFP)--12May2005


Iran will "no longer have any respect" for the nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT) if it is prevented from using atomic technology and the full
nuclear cycle for peaceful purposes, the Isna agency quoted Islamic republic's
top negotiator as saying Thursday. "If Iran cannot exercise its rights with in
the framework of the NPT, it will no longer have any respect for this treaty,"
Hassan Rowhani was quoted as telling visiting Russian Deputy Minister of
Foreign Affairs Sergei Kislyak. "If there are attempts to deprive Iran of its
legal rights, the Iranian people will not accept giving in to force and are
prepared to pay any price," Rowhani said. "Iran is not looking for a nuclear
bomb, it wants to cooperate so that there are no international worries," he
said.

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