Iran calls for anti-nuclear weapons movement

Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has proposed that Tehran and Wellington launch a joint anti-nuclear weapons movement.  "The Islamic Republic of Iran and New Zealand can set up a joint anti-nuclear weapons movement in cooperation with third parties," Mottaki told New Zealand's Deputy Foreign Secretary Peter Hamilton on Wednesday.  The proposal comes as the West under pressure from the US has accused the Islamic Republic of pursuing a military nuclear program, a claim repeatedly rejected by Iranian officials.  Tehran says it is entitled to use peaceful nuclear technology as a signatory to the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT).   Addressing the issue, Mottaki said Iran favored talks over its nuclear program, but asserted that Tehran would not give into injustice or unilateralism.  Last week, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proposed the establishment of a nuclear fuel market in cooperation with Persian Gulf littoral states.   Ahmadinejad told the Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Abdul Rahman al-Attiyah that the Islamic Republic was willing to share its nuclear knowledge with its neighbors in the Persian Gulf. Iran is developing nuclear power plants to generate electricity in the face of growing domestic demand for energy. As a leading contributor of science in the Middle East, Iran is keen on expanding nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.  Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei, in his September report said that the agency had not found any 'components of a nuclear weapon' or 'related nuclear physics studies' in Iran.  AR/JG/MMN Original source at PressTV