Washington, Nov 6 (ANI): Iran has dismissed a UN watchdog report on Tehran's nuclear programme, saying that its new intelligence on alleged nuclear weapons work by the regime is 'fabricated'.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has planned to reveal intelligence in the coming week suggesting Iran made computer models of a nuclear warhead, as well as other previously undisclosed details on alleged secret work by Tehran on nuclear arms.
Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, however, accused the IAEA of giving in to US pressure to level accusations against Iran, Fox News reports.
"Iran has already responded to the alleged studies in 117 pages. We've said time and again that these are forgeries similar to faked notes," Salehi said.
Salehi asserted that allegations proven false in the past are now being reproduced.
"The Americans raised documents like this in the past: the Niger scandal," he said with reference to claims based on a forgery that Iraq under Saddam Hussein had sought uranium from Niger.
"The documents were used as a pretext to invade Iraq. After killing tens of thousands of innocent people, it was discovered that it was a forged document," Salehi said.
According to the report, Salehi accused the IAEA of violating its neutrality and siding with US intelligence claims under new agency chief Yukiya Amano, saying he is using information that his predecessor, Mohamed ElBaradei, said the agency could not authenticate independently."The IAEA should not do things under pressure. Iran's nuclear issue is not a technical or legal issue. It's a totally political case," Salehi said.
Iran had earlier claimed that reports on alleged nuclear weapons activities were based on false information provided by a "few arrogant countries," a phrase authorities in Iran use to refer to the United States and its allies. (ANI)
|
|
Read More: Ali
Comments:
