Iran’s nuclear chief on Monday said although Iran has the technical capability to build an atomic bomb, it is not on the agenda.
“Iran has the technical ability to build an atomic bomb, but such a program is not on the agenda of the Islamic republic,” Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, told semi-official Fars News Agency.
Some Western countries have been making “false accusations” to “deceive the public,” he added.
His remarks came after Kamal Kharrazi, head of Iran’s Strategic Council of Foreign Relations, said in late July that Iran has the required technical capabilities, such as increasing the uranium enrichment from 20 percent to 60 percent, but has no intention to build a nuclear bomb.
Eslami stressed Iran had decided to turn off the surveillance cameras of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) installed at its nuclear sites in response to “false accusations” by Western countries to pressure Iran.
In June, the IAEA’s Board of Governors passed an anti-Iran resolution proposed by the United States, Britain, France and Germany following the agency’s reports that Tehran had not provided “technically credible explanations” for uranium particles at three undeclared sites.
In the wake of the adoption of the IAEA resolution, Iran announced its decision to take a number of measures, including turning off the IAEA’s surveillance cameras at its sites.
