Bullying powers use nuclear issue as an excuse to encounter the Islamic Revolution
Tehran, 2008 Aug 22, IRNA
Iran's former president said here Friday that the big powers use nuclear issue as an excuse to encounter the Islamic Revolution.
"Iran is oppressed in the nuclear case; the bullying powers use the issue as an excuse to settle their accounts with the (Islamic) Revolution (of Iran)," said the Experts Assembly Head, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, while delivering his second sermon as substitute Friday prayers leader of Tehran in this week's Friday prayers congregation in Tehran University.
Ayatollah Rafsanjani, who is also the Experts Assembly Chairman, said that internationally speaking, nuclear issue is still the country's important issue.
He said, "Nuclear energy is absolute right of Iranian people. They (the bullying powers) too believe that Iran can master peaceful nuclear technology. The world big powers' tough approach towards Iran, which has by reliance on its power and technology been able to reach a position to have peaceful nuclear industry under conditions of sanctions, is an injustice to both the country and mankind."
He said that while checking danger of nuclear weapons' application, there should be efforts to let mankind use the God-given nuclear resources.
He added that prerequisite for the resolve is cooperation among all states and the big powers' stopping bullying, hostility, threatening and making human beings psychologically insecure.
He went on to say that today, the world has felt the problem of energy scarcity.
"The problem has gone to the extent that today, most states have made a recourse to use of coal energy."
Somewhere in his sermon, Ayatollah Rafsanjani touched on war in Georgia and said the Georgia case features danger of encounter of world's two big nuclear powers, i.e. NATO and Russia.
"Despite restoration of calm, it (the case) is not yet over.
"Under such cases, one should act more rationally and prudently," he added.
He hoped that sense will dominate such atmospheres and no such dangers to mankind, especially the region, will be witnessed.
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