Manouchehr Mottaki Quotations

I predict that the irrational American view will not prevail in the Security Council.

If we reach the point where the existing international apparatus do not meet the the Iranian nation's right, the Islamic Republic's policies might come under re-examination.

We do not want anything more than our rights stated in the Nonproliferation Treaty, and we cannot accept anything beyond the regulations of the treaty and nuclear agency.

Iran also, like Japan, enjoys its right to have nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. We are against nuclear weapons.

If at the upcoming meeting of the IAEA heads a decision is reached on referring Iran's nuclear file to the UN Security Council, the government of the Islamic Republic, in accordance with a parliamentary resolution, will be forced to end its voluntary cooperation with the IAEA.

The thing these two countries have officially told us and expressed in diplomatic negotiations is their opposition to sanctions and military attacks.

They could not find evidence which shows that Iran has diverted from its peaceful purposes of nuclear activities in Iran.

There is a very wrong assumption held by some that the West can do anything it wants through the Security Council.

One possibility to resolve the issue could be the establishment of a regional consortium on fuel cycle development.

Nobody can remove a country from the map. This is a misunderstanding in Europe of what our president mentioned.