The war threat against Iran has nothing to do with the nuclear energy issue because there are those in the Middle East region whose stockpiles are full of atomic weapons and the US government has maintained good ties with them and supported them, Ahmadinejad told reporters on the sidelines of the 5th Bali Democracy Forum in Indonesia on Thursday.
“The Iranian nation is not seeking an atomic weapon and has neither adopted any measure to build it nor has belief in an atomic bomb because the Iranian nation, throughout its civilization history, has never needed bombs to protect itself,” he added.
He emphasized that the era of using atomic bombs has passed and weapons cannot save any government and resolve various crises.
Those who are stockpiling atomic bombs are politically retarded. International relations should change in a way that no one possesses atomic bombs and would be able to use them against other nations, Ahmadinejad pointed out.
He said based on accurate information, atomic bombs are stockpiled in many US bases in different parts of the world, adding this issue would threaten global security.
Regarding Iran’s nuclear energy issue, there is no need to any new organization. Only the US should revise its attitude to the Iranian nation, he added.
In response to the US-engineered illegal embargoes against Iran, the president warned certain European governments that sanctions would have adverse consequences on both sides.
“The economic crisis in Europe is speedily changing into social crisis and this is while the Islamic Republic of Iran has not imposed sanctions on the West yet,” he stated.
Pointing to the possibility of a military attack on Iran, Ahmadinejad said that the region and the world have no capacity for a new war while the Iranian nation has proved that it has never sought an act of aggression and “has always made aggressors towards the country’s territory feel regret.”
Israel has repeatedly threatened Iran with a military strike, falsely claiming that Tehran is pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program.
Iran rejects the allegations against its nuclear energy activities, arguing that as a committed signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), it has the right to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
In addition, the IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities but has never found any evidence showing that Iran's nuclear energy program has been diverted to nuclear weapons production.
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