Iranian Foreign Minister's Slip of the Tongue: "We Emphasize
the Peaceful Nature of Our Nuclear Weapons... I Mean... of
Our Nuclear Power Plant..."


Following are excerpts from an interview with Iranian Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki, which aired on Channel 2, Iranian TV on June 7, 2006.

Manouchehr Mottaki: We emphasize the peaceful nature of our nuclear weapons...
I mean... of our nuclear power plant, and nuclear energy and activities. We have no
need for nuclear weapons, as we've often said. Nuclear weapons are not part of
our defense doctrine.
[...]

I told the Emir of Kuwait during my visit there that while Kuwait is 120 km away from
Bushehr, the population of Bushehr itself is less than 2 km from the power plant. Our
people are important to us. The structure of the power plant of Bushehr can withstand
earthquakes. Its technical equipment is supervised by experts. It conforms to the most up-
to-date standards, and it is under the supervision of the IAEA. In other words, they will
supervise the plant when it becomes operative.

מקור: Memri TV

נשק אטומי זה לא משחק ילדים - איראן, עם גישה פנאטית כשלה, היא בעיה רצינית של ישראל.

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