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Iran Incapable of Building Nuclear Bomb —
Russian Expert
By MosNews
02/01/06 "Baku
Today" -- -- Iran is not capable of building its
own nuclear weapons, the former head of a nuclear power plant
and current regional leader in southern Russia said Wednesday.
“In reality, the U.S. is provoking Iran, accusing it of aiming,
along with the implementation of its peaceful nuclear programs,
to create its own nuclear weapons,” Governor of the Saratov
Region Pavel Ipatov was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying.
Ipatov, who was head the Balakovo power plant for almost 20
years, said that currently, in view of the methods in place for
controlling the proliferation of nuclear weapons, “Iran is in no
state to create a nuclear bomb secretly.”
The United States, along with the trio of European negotiating
with Iran (Great Britain, France and Germany), are employing
“double standards” in accusing Iran of attempting to create
nuclear weapons, and this greatly complicates the situation the
country, he said.
If Iran’s nuclear file is referred to the UN Security Council,
Russia and China, both veto-wielding permanent members, could
block resolutions on Iran, the governor said.
Ipatov also said that although Iran had adopted an
“unconstructive position,” he hoped Russia and China would be
able to reach an agreement with the country on creating a
peaceful joint project to enrich uranium for Iran on Russia’s
territory.
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