STATEMENT TO THE 55th REGULAR SESSION OF
THE
GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY
by
H.E. Dr. Ferydoun Abbasi
Vice president of the Islamic
and Head of
Atomic Energy Organization of
SEPTEMBER 2011
In the name of God, the
companion, the merciful
Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished delegates,
31 years ago, at these days Saddam Hossein’s regime army waged a full fledged
attack against my country from air, ground and sea. In fact, it should be asked
way Saddam regime attacked Iran and what is the relation of this military
aggression with Iran’s nuclear dossier. I want to talk about it in this meeting.
Victory of Islamic revolution shut down the military, economic and political
base of some nuclear weapon owned countries in a strategic region of the world
and resulted in emerging of Islamic Republic of Iran. At that time, those who
fabricated Zionist regime were dreaming that by killing the innocent people of
Palestine and occupying their land, the Zionist would fulfill their interests in
the region. But the prays of all noble people to heal the wound of Palestinians
in 1979 granted in Iran and with the grace of God and high determination of
Iranians a power formed based on freedom seeking principals that promised peace,
friendship and defending the oppressed people of Palestine in the region and
world.
Defeat of the Zionists and their lords and hegemonic plans in the world, caused
them to follow the same repeated plans of oppressing popular revolution in Iran.
Therefore they began organizing and planning party, media and military coups in
Iran that all of them with the help of God and wise of the founder and leader of
Islamic Revolution of Iran were defeated.
The losers experienced the last weapon which was imposed war and dividing the
country, but they neglected Muslim
Iranians and they gained nothing from this action as well, and Iran preserved
stronger than before its territorial integrity. Through these ups and downs,
animosity of certain devious and totalitarian countries showed itself in
different forms. Sometimes it was in the shape of coup or imposing war and now,
by fabricating file and damaging Iran’s peaceful nuclear activity.
Mr. Chairman
Ladies and gentleman
During the tough times of resistance, where were the international forums and
agencies that supporting laws and protocols? Why did no body stop unfair attacks
and use of chemical and mass destruction weapons of Saddam Hossein? Why did
media not wake the world conscience up to fight evil phenomenon in use of
chemical weapons that martyred and wounded close to one hundred thousand people?
During the resistance against enemies attack we were under sanction. Allies of
our enemy closed our vital routs like the pirates but independent countries and
awakened minds that loved freedom and were not outnumbered, as they are not
today when they respect our resistance and seek opportunity to assist us.
Stabilization and political stability in Islamic Republic of Iran paved the way
for scientific and industrial growth in all aspects and it is quite logical that
a pioneering county tries to diversify its energy sources.
On this path, utilization of nuclear energy is one of the tested ways in the
world. Nuclear technology and science, because of its precise nature and
expansion of its scientific and technical circle, in addition to its various
benefits in providing energy and development of radiation application in
people’s life and health, has caused the growth of other branches of science and
various scientific parts as well as enhancing the specialized services capacity
in the countries.
The master mind in leading Islamic Republic of Iran is well informed of the
importance of this issue in the growth and development of the nuclear
developments in the country.
These days it is expected from all members of the Agency and honorable DG not to
be influenced by some certain countries that own and proliferate nuclear weapons
and deprive countries from their inalienable rights. They should not act in a
way that in order to benefit such rights because of some hostile positions and
measures of few countries, other members of Agency have no way but to make their
peaceful activities as secret.
In an era that independent or less developed countries are in shortage, the
Agency should act according to its natural and charter duties to help other
countries in maintaining nuclear rights of the countries by fighting the imposed
restrained, stopping fabricating dossiers and sharing acquired knowledge.
Mr. Chairman;
We should restore this trust in world community that the Agency is not
transformed to the center for preserving the interests of nuclear weapon owned
countries and restraining countries in benefitting from peaceful nuclear
technology.
During the seventies, the Agency promoted and published manufacturing of
explosive devices as peaceful use of nuclear explosion and with this pretext,
justified killing thousands
of innocent people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as pollution resulted from
testing weapons by those countries involved in arms race. I would like to advise
you to read those documents and publications.
Some nuclear powers are trying to influence and control the Agency so that they
would have the opportunity to carry out experimental and polluting tests and by
acquiring the sufficient data, they pave the way for their software hegemony.
With those measures, the Agency provided the possibility for nuclear owned
countries to introduce the nuclear arsenals in their movies and media as the
savior and guarantee for the future of humanity against natural and terrestrial
attacks.
Today, despite good cooperation and even allowing inspecting beyond safeguard
agreements by countries, what has the Agency chosen to do? It calls itself
neutral. But is Agency really neutral? If it is so, why it does not say anything
or report on clandestine probable activities of some European countries or
positioning some hundred nuclear warheads in Europe or occupied countries that
jeopardize the health of the people. Why is the Agency silent when it comes to
the lost nuclear material in the United States? Where are these materials now?
Security and health of Americans and the world is in danger. It is expected that
in near future its thorough and precise report would be handed to all and this
serious concern of the world be answered.
Selective attitude of the Agency, especially towards the developing countries in
showing diversion in activities has so far paved the way for economic sanctions
which followed by military attacks to those countries.
These interference and influences are carried out by three western countries
which have been pioneered in fabricating Iran’s dossier and lost their interests
in Iran after the Islamic Revolution.
We would like to draw the attention of honorable DG and all free thinkers of the
world to this point that the Agency according to its character should do its
best to focus on controlling war mongering and nuclear weapons owned countries.
These countries have proved the world that whenever they wished, they threat and
used force.
The Agency should confront those countries that in time of subtle and tiny
threat, they gunned down defenseless passenger plane over Persian Gulf and
honored the commander of the operation with medal of bravery and honor.
Undoubtedly, the danger of such a country that owns nuclear weapons and has not
fulfilled its obligations in chemical convention, is a serious concern for the
global peace and security.
Today, the Islamic Republic of Iran has reached to self-sufficiency in providing
necessary experts in many scientific areas. In a new effort, some countries and
their intelligent terrorist organizations have focused on assassinating our
experts. So far, Misers Dr. Masoud Allimohammadi, Dr. Majid Shahryari and
Daryoosh Rezaeinejad who were all our scientists and experts, have been
martyred, and some others are in their assassination list whose addresses and
names are in the lists of UNSC and EU sanctions or the information which has
been provided to the Agency by the intelligent services.
We strongly urge the Agency to clear its name in cooperating and preparing the
ground in these measures. We consider it necessary that member states and DG of
the Agency while condemning these terrorist and hostile activities in order to
prove their good will, take brave measures to review the agreed modalities and
closing the nuclear case of Iran in the Agency.
Distinguished audiences;
Bushehr nuclear power plant is a unique nuclear plant in the world from the
perspective of construction time to its utilization. Bushehr is waiting for
others to seize the opportunity in showing the determination to materialize the
idea of “nuclear energy for all and nuclear weapons for none.” We consider it an
opportunity for the Agency that by showing its supervisions on construction and
opening of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, they could persuade public opinions in
using nuclear energy and assuring them of avoiding bitter nuclear plant’s
events.
It is expected that the Agency would behave more responsibly in development of
Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant and construction of new units in Iran and increases
its technical and scientific cooperation so that Bushehr would be a center for
utilization of Nuclear Energy and an example for the prosperity of the people.
Islamic Republic of Iran despite all obstacles caused by some countries has
achieved technical knowhow and technology of the fuel cycle and provision of
fuel complexes of nuclear research reactors and nuclear power reactors and by
documenting them, voices its readiness to share its technology with other
countries with the information and
supervision of the Agency.
Ladies and Gentlemen;
Recently with the pretext of restraint caused by the Security Council, the
Agency has avoided Iranian experts to participate in nuclear safety training
workshops. This unprofessional measure could jeopardize the health of all
nations. Scientific apartheid and imposing restrains on increasing safety
standards of nuclear institutions, would pave the way for occurring incidents
because of lack of full observing of nuclear safety items that could damage
human society and it is in contradiction with the ministerial conference on
nuclear safety.
There is an expectation from the Agency to behave responsibly and not to
jeopardize the issue of safety by carrying out selective rules as well as not
allowing the political differences to impact technical issues of the Agency.
I would like to announce here that we are ready to cooperate with the Agency as
before and we are hopeful that in near future the Agency would restore its
independent identity and Mr. Amano and his colleagues would earn credits for the
Agency as the independent and nondiscriminatory reference by making principled
decisions.
I would like to announce that Islamic Republic of Iran is a country that
acquired nuclear technology and will use its capabilities only in supporting the
prosperity of Iranians and world people. Iranian specialists could cooperate in
supervising groups of the Agency to control, decrease and destroy nuclear
weapons.
If countries want to negotiate with Iran over nuclear issues, we would like to
urge them to pay attention to the performance of the recent decades of the
Agency. The structure of decision and policy making of the Agency especially in
the Board of Governors needs seriously to be reformed. The composition of the
members of the Board of Governors, number of the members and their domain of
authorities should changed, because the charter that was formed in the Cold war
time is not compatible with today’s situation. This is a key issue in our talks
with them in future.
Another issue is finding an appropriate
mechanism so that all countries without any discrimination could benefit from
nuclear energy for the prosperity of nations and assuring other countries from
nonexistence of nuclear material and undeclared equipments in nuclear weapon
owned countries.
I would like to request that different countries take into consideration Iran’s
proposal and by accompanying it, paves the way for making a safe world without
any discrimination and ready to flourish the hidden talents of human society in
expanding peace and development of science and prosperity.
Ambassadors, Distinguished Representatives
At the end by thanking and appreciating the staff especially the inspectors of
the Agency who follow their conscience and intend to truly and professionally
report real and peaceful activities of Iran’s nuclear program. I believe that
ruling of the wise in the Agency and patience resulted from logic and
independence in analyses, reports and making decisions as well as observing
nations rights provide an appropriate situation to fulfill legal duties.
Thank you for your attention.
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