The IAEA report comes as Iran continues to host a meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran. Addressing the 120-nation gathering on Thursday, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei repeated his government’s insistence on a peaceful nuclear program and its call for a nuclear-weapons-free world.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: “I repeat that the Islamic Republic of Iran is not developing capabilities for nuclear weapons, but also will not overlook the rights of its people and their need for access to peaceful nuclear energy. Our motto is nuclear energy for all, and nuclear weapons is for none. We stand by both of these mottos. And we know that breaking the biased views that some Western countries hold about the production of nuclear energy, and the underlying fundamentals, is to the benefit of all nations.”