21.06.2004, 20:57
Zitat:"Iran does not need nuclear arms. Without nuclear arms, Iran has managed to defeat enemies of the nation, including the US, in the past 25 years by relying upon national solidarity. It does not like to acquire nuclear arms either," the Supreme Leader said.http://www.iribnews.ir/Full_en.asp?news_id=206226
"The former Soviet Union had stockpiles of nuclear arms, it collapsed. The Zionist regime has several hundred warheads, but, it has been driven to desperation by the stone throwing Palestinian campaigners.
Nuclear arms can not work," the Supreme Leader said. Iran is signatory to Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and Iranian nuclear program to produce fuel for Bushehr power plant is in line with the international convention, the Supreme Leader declared. ... ...
...dismissing the propaganda that Iran does not need nuclear energy for its oil reserves, the Supreme Leader said that oil will finish and it also has environmental problems, so Iran prefers to save oil for future and can not overlook nuclear energy for economic development.
"Enemies of the nation are looking for a day when Iranian oil reserves will be depleted and the nation will stretch its hands to them for help. It is unacceptable."