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GENEVA / IRAN DISARMAMENT
STORY: GENEVA / IRAN DISARMAMENT
TRT: 3.40
SOURCE: UNTV CH
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 28 FEBRUARY 2012, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
FILE – 2011, PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, exterior Palais des Nations
28 FEBRUARY 2012, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. Med shot, Human Rights Council Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ali Akbar Salehi takes his seat while cameramen take pictures of him
3. Pan right, conference room
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali Akbar Salehi, Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs:
"We have clearly stated time and again that there are two alternatives in dealing with the Iranian peaceful nuclear programme: one way is engagement, cooperation and interaction, and the other is confrontation and conflict. The Islamic Republic of Iran, confident of the peaceful nature of its nuclear programme, has always insisted on the first alternative. When it comes to our relevant rights and obligations, our consistent position is that Iran does not seek confrontation, nor does it want anything beyond its inalienable legitimate rights. What we are looking for is justice and the refusal of double standards."
5. Cutaway, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali Akbar Salehi, Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs:
“You are well aware of the desire of the majority of the countries in the region to establish a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone in the Middle East. Iran and Egypt are among the most eager advocates of establishing such a zone in the region. However the possession of nuclear weapons by the only non-party to the NPT in the region, which makes it a serious threat to the stability of the entire region and international peace and security, is the only obstacle in the way of creation of such a zone. Its repeated records in the constant use of inhumane weapons against civilians have furthermore intensified the security concerns in the region. It is a matter of concern that all efforts to establish a nuclear weapon free zone in the Middle East have not yet succeeded, due to its persistent refusal to join the NPT and to place its nuclear facilities under the IAEA Safeguards System. It is a matter of more concern that in its defiance of the demands of the international community, it enjoys the full support of some nuclear weapon states. Hypocrisy, selectiveness and discrimination describe well the behaviour of some major powers towards the region."
7. Cutaway, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali Akbar Salehi, Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs:
"Nuclear energy is not equating with nuclear weapons and as a result the right of all states for peaceful nuclear activities should be guaranteed. Monopolizing selfishly the scientific knowledge and the technology of peaceful nuclear energy and depriving others from it through various means including atrocious assassination of scientists is an illusion which will certainly not lead to the preservation of their perceived supremacy."
9. Med shot, delegates
Iran’s Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Akbar Salehi called for all countries to be united and work together for the total elimination of all nuclear weapons.
Speaking today (28 Feb) at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, he said that “it is a matter of serious concern that humankind continues to live under the shadow of threat of nuclear weapons” and insisted that the Iranian nuclear program is a peaceful one.
Last week the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, said that Iran had failed to cooperate with United Nations’ officials during talks about the country’s nuclear programme in Tehran over the past few weeks.
The IAEA says that it has serious concerns regarding possible military dimensions to Iran’s nuclear program.
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