“The Islamic Republic has repeatedly stated that based on the juristical views of the Leader [of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei] and our defense doctrine, the production and use of a nuclear weapon is Haram (religiously forbidden),” Hadi Shoushtari said on Sunday.
Referring to a fatwa (religious decree) issued by Ayatollah Khamenei on the prohibition of nuclear weapons, the lawmaker said Iran’s commitment to the fatwa is much greater than its commitment to international protocols, such as the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Shoushtari, who is on the Majlis Human Rights Subcommittee, added that Iran is a committed signatory to the NPT and therefore acts accordingly and regards the treaty as part of its own domestic law.
In an interview with The Washington Post on Friday, the UN chief claimed Iran would “use talks as a cover to build a bomb.
The UN Security Council must “show a firm, decisive and effective, quick response,” Ban stated.
Iran and the P5+1 group - China, Russia, France, Britain, and the US plus Germany - are scheduled to resume talks in the Kazakh city of Almaty on February 26. The last round of the negotiations was held in Moscow in June 2012.
The United States, the Israeli regime and some of their allies have falsely accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program.
Iran rejects the allegation and argues that as a committed signatory to the NPT and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), it is entitled to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
The IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of nuclear facilities in Iran, but has never found any evidence showing that Tehran’s nuclear energy program has been diverted toward non-civilian objectives.
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