TEHRAN, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Majlis
(parliament) is going to play a major role in the country's future nuclear
negotiations as Speaker Ali Larijani vowed Sunday that the lawmakers would
supervise the talks.
Photo taken on April 9, 2009 shows
Iran's nuclear fuel manufacturing plant in Isfahan, Iran. Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated its first nuclear fuel
manufacturing plant here on Thursday.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
The parliament would only authorize those nuclear
talks which are carried out "within the legislative body's framework," and "only
if they are conducted within the framework of the Majlis resolutions," local
Press TV website quoted Larijani as saying.
By supervising the process of the negotiations,
Majlis intends to practice authority over the issue which is believed by Iranian
officials that has turned in favor of the nation's "inalienable nuclear rights."
The purpose of the Majlis supervision seems to
safeguard the "great achievements" Iran indebted to President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad's "resistance" in the long-run nuclear standoff, said observers.
After a recent bitter debate between the parliament
and the president over the country's budget, Larijani, on Sunday's formal
session of Majlis, hailed Ahmadinejad's "resistance" over nuclear issue, the
official IRNA news agency reported.
Referring implicitly to the country's first nuclear
fuel manufacturing plant that was inaugurated on Thursday and to some other
achievements, Larijani admired the president's resistance over the nuclear issue
and defense of the nation's right in this matter, IRNA added.
Iranian officials also believe that the country has
surpassed the nuclear fuel producing cycle, strengthened the infrastructure for
the nuclear technology and acquired the nuclear technology know-how which,
according to the speaker himself, are irreversible.
On the upcoming joint talks with UN Security Council
permanent members -- France, Britain, Russia, China and the United States --plus
Germany (G5+1), Larijani advised the world powers to concentrate on Iran's
"inalienable nuclear rights" in the potential negotiations.
As a precondition for the talks, Larijani, however,
rejected proposals made by certain members of the G5+1 to adopt intrusive
inspections on Iran's nuclear program.
"Such proposals had no legal basis," added Larijani.
On Thursday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
said in the central city of Isfahan that the country would welcome "honest" and
"fair" talks based on mutual respect.
U.S. State Department acting spokesman Robert Wood
had said on Wednesday that the G5+1 had invited Iran to join direct talks on its
nuclear program.
The United States and other Western countries claim
that Iran intends to secretly develop nuclear weapons. The UN Security Council
also requires Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment activity.
Iran, however, insists that its nuclear plan is only
for peaceful purposes, vowing to continue its uranium enrichment activity
despite pressure and sanctions from Western countries.
TEHRAN, April 12
(Xinhua) -- Iran's Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said Sunday that his parliament
would supervise the country's nuclear negotiations in the future, the local
Press TV website reported.
The parliament would exercise supervision over the
country's upcoming nuclear talks and it would only authorize those talks to be
carried out "within the legislative body's framework," Larijani was quoted as
saying. Full story
TEHRAN, April 12 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian lawmaker on
Sunday proposed to use the expression "7-party group" for "G5+1 plus Iran" in
talks on the Iran nuclear issue, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chief of Majlis (parliament) National
Security and Foreign Policy Commission, was quoted as saying that "from now on,
instead of Group 5+1 which is involved in talks with Iran on the country's
peaceful nuclear program, the term of 7-party group should be used." Full story
TEHRAN, April
12 (Xinhua) -- Iran's parliament (Majlis) Sunday hailed the President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad's "resistance" over nuclear issue, the official IRNA news agency
reported.
"Ali Larijani (Iran's Parliament Speaker) on Sunday formal
session of Majlis admired the presidents resistance over the nuclear issue and
defense of the nation's right in this matter," the report said. Full story
TEHRAN, April 12 (Xinhua)
-- Iranian Majlis (parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani said Sunday that world
powers should concentrate on Iran's inalienable nuclear rights in the upcoming
negotiations, the official IRNA news agency reported.
In his speech at a formal session of the parliament,
Larijani also rejected proposals made by certain members of the G5+1 to adopt
intrusive inspections on Iran's nuclear program.Full story
TEHRAN, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that his country now has a complete cycle
for producing and processing nuclear fuel, local Fars news agency reported.
"Iran now is a country that has (a complete nuclear) fuel
cycle and all the needs of the country in this regard will be provided through
using nuclear energy and building (nuclear power) plants domestically,"
Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying.Full story
BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Recent days have seen a
seeming change in the stances of Iran and the United States toward each other,
causing observers to wonder whether the two avowed foes can hold direct
talks.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday said his
nation would shake the hand extended by the new U.S. administration if its
overtures were honest. Full story
