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Iran F. Ministry Downplays President's Threat to Quit Nuclear Treaty
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=10EF6A5:3919ACA Foreign Ministry
spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi issued the latest declaration a day after
the Iranian president said he would make such a move if international
pressure to end Iran's nuclear program increases Iran's Foreign
Ministry Sunday downplayed a threat by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
to pull out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.







Hamid Reza Asefi (file photo)Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza
Asefi issued the latest declaration a day after the Iranian president
said he would make such a move if international pressure to end Iran's
nuclear program increases.

Mr. Asefi told a weekly news conference Iran is still committed to the
provisions of the non-proliferation treaty, but that Tehran cannot
accept its use as a political tool.  He also urged the International
Atomic Energy Agency and Europeans to continue to pursue a diplomatic
solution to the crisis.

Western nations, led by the United States, accuse Iran of secretly
developing nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran denies.

The U.N. Security Council is set to review complaints against Iran and
its nuclear ambitions early next month.  Some information for this
report was provided by AP and Reuters.


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