Imposing sanctions on Iran illegal -- Russian diplomat,
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- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:16:46 -0400
Mosnews
April 30, 2006
Imposing Sanctions on Iran Illegal ? Russian Diplomat
A former Russian Duma speaker said here Saturday that there was no legal basis for
the imposition of sanctions on Iran by the UN Security Council (UNSC), IRNA agency
said Saturday.
Talking to IRNA, Ruslan Khazbulatov said Iran?s nuclear activities were being
conducted within the framework of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
On the report of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Mohamed
ElBaradei to the UN Security Council (UNSC), he was of the view that the Security
Council has ?only the authority to ask Iran to cooperate with the IAEA and continue
negotiations?.
Iran is an active member of both the IAEA and the UN, he said, and stressed that
Tehran had repeatedly declared it had no intention of producing nuclear weapons.
Since Iran has NOT violated its obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT),
there is no ground for the imposition of sanctions on the country, the Russian
diplomat stressed, and added that "coercive" measures will only damage the interests
of countries, including the West and even the U.S.
Terming the positions taken by Russia and China regarding Iran?s peaceful nuclear
activities ?logical?, Khazbulatov said U.S. "accusations" against Iran were part of
its "war-mongering" policies in the region.
Urging Washington not to repeat past mistakes such as its attack on Iraq, he said
even western leaders believe an attack on Iran would be suicidal.
Exacerbating the Iran-U.S. conflict will make tens of regional states involved in a
possible war, he said, and stressed that any war will inflict the largest damage on
Washington?s interests in the region.
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