<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">FYI<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit; "><div id="yiv1293840242"><table id="yiv1293840242bodyDrftID" class="yiv1293840242" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td id="yiv1293840242drftMsgContent" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; "><blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(16, 16, 255); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div id="yiv1293840242"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div id="yiv1293840242"><table id="yiv1293840242bodyDrftID" class="yiv1293840242" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td id="yiv1293840242drftMsgContent"><span class="yiv1293840242Apple-style-span"><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s3" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Reply of the Delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s3" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">to the </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s3" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">allegations </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s3" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">by </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s3" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">the </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s3" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Prim Minister </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s3" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">of </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s3" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Israeli</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s3" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> regime</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s3" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s3" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">United Nation General Assembly(by H.E. Ambassador Al Habib, DPR of I.R.Iran to the UN)</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s3" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">27 September 2012</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span> </span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="yiv1293840242s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s6" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">In the Name of God, the </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s6" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Most </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s6" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Compassionate, the </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s6" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Most </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s6" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Merciful</span></span></p><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span> </span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="yiv1293840242s7" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Today, in this August Assembly, Prime Minister of notorious Israeli regime made a series of </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">entirely </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">baseless allegations against my country.</span></span></p><p class="yiv1293840242s7" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">At this late hour, I do not want to take the precious time of distinguished delegates to reply to such </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">unfounded</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">statement, which I do not dignify it with an answer other than categorically rejecting it</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">, in particular regarding nuclear program of my country</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">which is exclusively peaceful and in full conformity with our international obligations and in exercising our inalienable right to use nuclear science and technology for peaceful purposes.</span></span></p><p class="yiv1293840242s7" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">I also don't wish to </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">take the </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">valuable time of delegations to explain very well-known history and record of my country; a country which has no </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">record of aggression in </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">its </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">history </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">for centuries; a country which is a Party to all major international instruments banning the production and use of Weapons of Mass Destruction</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">, namely, </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">the </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">NPT, CWC and BWC,</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> and fully committed to all its </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">relevant </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">legal obligations</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> under such treaties</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">; a country which is proud of proposing the idea of establishing a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the Middle East</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> and continues to strongly support its realization</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">;</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> a country which not only has never been involved in terrorist activities, but </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">also more than 17,000 of its citizens including its nuclear scientists have been martyred by foreign-backed terrorists; a country which is </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">the main victim of the use of Chemical Weapons in the contemporary history</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> a</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">s a result of nearly 600 attacks </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">which resulted in </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">injur</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">ing or martyrdom of </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">more than 100,000 Iranian citizens</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">,</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">including more</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt;"> than 7000 injuries among civilians as a result of nearly 30 attacks to Iranian cities and villages</span></font></span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">.</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 21px; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"></span></span></p><p class="yiv1293840242s7" style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Likewise, </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">I don't want to refer to the totally dark record </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">of Israeli regime in </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">ruthlessly </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">killing innocent women and children and committing genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> in more than 6 decades, </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">t</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">he 33-day war against Lebanon and 22-day barbaric attack on Gaza </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">and also its </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">inhuman blockade of Gaza </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 21px;">Strip are</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px;"> only </span></font></span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">some </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">recent examples of </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">such </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">atrocities.</span></span></p><p class="yiv1293840242s7" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">I don't want </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">either </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">to </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">describe </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">the dark history </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">of terrorist activities committed by </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">this regime </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">which is </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">based on terrorism and is </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">the father founder of State-terrorism in the world.</span></span></p><p class="yiv1293840242s7" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">What </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">I would like to bring to the attention of distinguished delegates </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">is </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">only </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">a </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">very small portion of </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">the </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">dark </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">history of </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">th</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">is </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">regime</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">, which is its record o</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">f non-adherence to the international instruments on Weapons of Mass Destruction and </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">its </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">non-compliance </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">with </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">its related obligations under the UN Charter and International Law.</span></span></p><p class="yiv1293840242s7" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Not only the </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Israeli regime </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">is the </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">only </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">non-</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">NPT Party</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> in the Middle East, but also</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> and despite </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">repeated calls by the international community</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">,</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> it has never </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">declared its intention to do so</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">.</span></span></p><p class="yiv1293840242s7" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">The worst is that, i</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">n a </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">statement </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">on 11 December 2006</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">,</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">the then Prime</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Minister of Israel</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">i regime </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"></span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">admitted </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">the possession of nuclear weapons</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">by </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">this regime</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">, which a</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">s repeatedly reiterated</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">by 120 </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">States Members of the Non-Aligned Movement, "</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">poses a serious and continuing threat to the security of </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">neighboring</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> and other States</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">."</span></span></p><p class="yiv1293840242s7" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Taking into account these realities and </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">through the </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">consensually adopted </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Final </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">D</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">ocument of the </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">2010 NPT Review Conference, </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">189 NPT </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">States P</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">arties</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">, </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">including the </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">U.S. and other </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">main supporters of the Zionist regime</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">, </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">unanimously called upon this regime by name, to accede to the NPT without any condition and put all its clandestine nuclear activities under the international safeguards.</span></span></p><p class="yiv1293840242s7" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Now</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">,</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> this regime</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">'</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">s Prime Minister </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">shamelessly and hypocritically and </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">with hue and cry</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">, and </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">by making </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">baseless and absurd allegations against </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">exclusively peaceful nuclear program of my country, </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">tries to abuse the tribune of th</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">is August </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Assembly to </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">divert the attention of </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">M</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">ember States </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">from the danger of its nuclear arsenals</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">, its </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">clandestine nuclear program and </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">its </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">un-safeguarded nuclear facilities which are the only source of treat to the peace, security and stability in the Middle East </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">and </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">beyond</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">.</span></span></p><p class="yiv1293840242s7" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">I</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">nstead of making baseless allegations against </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">other </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">countries in the region, </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">this regime has to </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">obey the </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">repeated </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">call</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">s</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> by </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">the </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">international community, </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">and </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">to accede promptly and without any condition to the NPT as a non-nuclear-weapon party and to place all its nuclear-related facilities under the comprehensive IAEA verification system.</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">The international community should </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">also </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">continue to exert </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">utmost </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">pressure on this regime, particularly in the upcoming 2012 NPT</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">-related Conference on the establishment of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the Middle East,</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> to force it to abide by international calls.</span></span></p><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span> </span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="yiv1293840242s7" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Equally, t</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">h</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">is regime which is also a non-party to WMD-related treaties other than the NPT, and by developing Weapons of Mass Destruction, tries to solve its inherent problem of legitimacy, have to be compelled to fully comply with all its international obligations.</span></span></p><p class="yiv1293840242s7" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">While the </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">use or threat </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">of </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">use of force under any pretext </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">is a grave violation of the </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">principles of UN Charter and international law</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">,</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> as well as the norms of international relations</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">, t</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">he officials of the Israeli regime</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> are so rude who, </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">on a daily basis, threaten countries in the region</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">, particularly my country, of military attack.</span></span></p><p class="yiv1293840242s7" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">The Islamic Republic of </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Iran is strong enough to defend itself and reserves its full right to retaliate with full force against any attack.</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">At the same time, </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">the international community should stand up to its responsibility and exert pressure on this regime to end all these irresponsible </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">behaviors</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">in a volatile region such as the Middle East</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">.</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"></span></span></p><p class="yiv1293840242s7" style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">Finally Mr. President, </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">for the second time in the recent history of the United Nations, </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">today </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">an </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">unfounded and imaginary graph</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">was used </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">to justify a threat against a founding Member of the United Nations. </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">However,</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> it is worth mentioning that</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> in our increasingly interconnected world and in the information age</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">, it</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> i</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">s hardly possible for the nations to be fooled by such absurd means.</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15">It is evident that no amount of slander, deception or smear campaign by the Zionist regime can cloud its dark history</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> or divert the attention of</span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8"><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 21px;">the nations</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px;"> from the</span></font></span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> realities. </span></span><span class="yiv1293840242s8" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; "><span class="yiv1293840242bumpedFont15"> </span></span><br><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px;">Alireza MIRYOUSEFI</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px;">Head of Press Office </span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px;">(First Secretary)</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px;">Mission of I.R.Iran to the UN </span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px;">Tel: (212)687-2020(Ext. 252)</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px;">Dir: (212)842-8252</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px;">Fax: (212)867-7086</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px;">Email: </span></font><a href="mailto:alireza.miryousefi@un.int" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; ">alireza.miryousefi@un.int</a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px;"> </span></font><br><a href="mailto:Miryusefi@yahoo.com" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 21px; ">Miryusefi@yahoo.com</a><br></p></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote><div><br></div></div></body></html>