Iraqi minister defends Iranian nuclear program

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

'Every country has right' to nuclear technology, Zebari says

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology and the international community should drop its demands that Tehran prove it's not trying to build a nuclear weapon, Iraq's foreign minister said Friday.

"Iran doesn't claim that they want to obtain a nuclear weapon or a nuclear bomb, so there is no need that we ask them for any guarantee now," Hoshyar Zebari said after meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Manouchehr Mottaki.

Iran's nuclear ambitions are "an international issue," Zebari said. "In our beliefs, it is a matter of principle. Every country has the right to have its nuclear technology, every country like the Islamic Republic or any other country, since it is for peaceful purposes."

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"We know that the wise Iranian administration will be able to resolve this issue."

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[almaty 19]

no surprise to me..as the shitties are very close and most live in iran and iraq...later after usa leaves iraq...they be allies and similar in politics...a dean prediction

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

From what I've read it would appear that Iran's nuclear program is not actually illegal. They've not violated the NPT...