Iran asks Austria to explain ‘false’ report on its nuclear program
Iran has rejected a “false and baseless” report by Austria's domestic intelligence agency about the country's peaceful nuclear activities, calling on Vienna to provide an explanation for levelling “irresponsible” accusations at Tehran.
The demand by Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei came on Friday, after Austria's Directorate State Protection and Intelligence Service (DSN) claimed that Iran is pursuing a “nuclear weapons development program”.
Baghaei said the report is solely produced to create “media hype” against the Islamic Republic and thus it “lacks any validity or credibility.”
He also urged the Austrian government to explain the “irresponsible, provocative, and destructive” behavior of the DSN, which is spreading lies about Iran.
He further highlighted Iran’s membership of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), saying the country’s nuclear program has been subject to the heaviest scrutiny by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Austria's anti-Iran intelligence report undermines the credibility of the IAEA, the UN’s nuclear agency, the spokesman noted.
He also said, “Austria and some other European countries are deceitfully silent about the arming of the Zionist regime with all kinds of weapons of mass destruction and prevent the realization of a West Asia free from WMDs through their all-out support for the genocidal and occupying [Israeli] regime. “
However, Iran as a “staunch opponent of nuclear weapons and other WMDs, is a founder and steadfast supporter of the idea of freeing the region from weapons of mass destruction, Baghaei added.
Iran showed the peaceful nature of its nuclear program to the world by signing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with six world powers in 2015.
The landmark deal was derailed in 2018 by the US, which unilaterally walked out of the accord and launched its so-called campaign of maximum pressure against Iran.
Under the mediation of Oman, Iran and the US began indirect talks on a potential replacement for the JCPOA in mid-April. Since then, they have held five rounds of negotiations, with a sixth round yet to be scheduled.
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