Tehran
provided false information about nuclear program – Iran’s nuclear
chief
Iran
has sometimes provided false information about its nuclear program in
order to mislead foreign intelligence agencies, Iran’s nuclear
chief has said. The remarks come as still no comprise has been found
regarding Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
RT,
21
Sepetmbe, 2012
In
an interview with pan-Arabic London-based newspaper al-Hayat
Fereydoun Abbasi, a nuclear scientist, who also serves as Iran’s
vice president, accused Britain’s MI6 of spying on Iran’s nuclear
program.
“We
presented false information sometimes in order to protect our nuclear
position and our achievements, as there is no other choice but to
mislead foreign intelligence,” he told the paper.
“Sometimes
we pretended to be weaker than we really were, and sometimes we
showed strength that was not really in our hands,” Abbasi admitted.
He
also noted that the International Atomic energy Agency, the UN’s
nuclear watchdog, deals with Iran as if it’s guilty.
"Others
accuse us, and the agency seeks to establish these accusations, like
what happened with the regime of Saddam Hussein, wanting a legal
framework by which to isolate Iran and toughen sanctions on it."
Abbassi
however did not provide any details on the nature of the false
information, nor he stated to whom it was provided and when.
The
UN nuclear watchdog declined to comment on the issue.
Abbassi
gave the interview on the sidelines of the IAEA meeting that is
taking place in Vienna this week. So far little progress has been
made in ending the stalemate over Iran’s controversial nuclear
program- which Tehran claims is peaceful- denying the West’s
accusations that it seeks to create nuclear weapons.
On
Thursday, the US, Britain, France and Germany accused Iran of
ignoring demands to open key nuclear facilities to UN inspectors and
of shipping arms to Syria in violation of UN sanctions.
The
remarks to the Al-Hayat newspaper, come after Iran’s nuclear chief
claimed that the IAEA is infiltrated with terrorists and saboteurs
who are trying to derail his country’s nuclear program.
Speaking
at the annual member state gathering of the IAEA in Vienna on Monday,
Fereydoun Abbasi, who was said that power lines from the city of Qom
to the Fordow underground uranium enrichment plant were cut on August
17 – the day before IAEA inspectors were due to visit the site.
“Terrorists
and saboteurs might have intruded the agency and might be making
decisions covertly,” he told the 55-nation conference. “Does this
visit have any connection to that detonation? Who other than the IAEA
inspectors can have access to the complex in such a short time?” he
wondered.
Abbasi-Davani
also accused the nuclear watchdog of mismanagement, saying its agenda
was influenced by “certain states.”
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