Khatami Denounces Double-Standard Policy Toward Nuclear Technology

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TEHRAN (Mehr News Agency) -- President Mohammad Khatami denounced the double-standard policy toward nuclear technology and said Iran will not give in to political ballyhoo.

In a meeting with EU chief for Foreign policy and security Javier Solana, Khatami said that despite the political uproar created by some powers, Tehran takes the international community's concerns about its nuclear program seriously, adding that Iran would assure the world that nuclear weapons have no place in Iran's defense policies.

“We are trying to gain the confidence of those who are really concerned about (Iranian nuclear programs), but we will not succumb to this political uproar,” the president assured the top EU official.

Khatami said the deadly blast in the UN headquarters in Baghdad which led to the death of the UN envoy and the horrible incident that occurred in Najaf on Friday have lessened people’s confidence over the impartiality of the occupying forces and this would entail an active EU role there.