ran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says the country's peaceful nuclear program has reached a point that no longer can be stopped.
“Everyone should accept the fact that Iran's nuclear program has reached a point where it cannot be stopped or reversed,” IRNA quoted Salehi as saying in an interview with Rusiya Al-Yaum Arabic news channel on Wednesday.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran will not halt its nuclear program,” he added.
Salehi argued that nuclear technology in Iran has moved far ahead as a fundamental and essential part of industry with centers spread all across the country, and thus cannot be held back.
“After we have trained and employed thousands of nuclear scientists, how could the West halt our uranium enrichment program?” the Iranian minister questioned. “They should know that this is a fact.”
Salehi described the West's pressure against Iran over its civilian nuclear activity “as a test of patience and endurance” for the Islamic Republic, and vowed, “No threat could shake and disrupt our independence and sovereignty.”
The Iranian official said the nuclear reactor in the facility in the central city of Arak, Markazi province, was planned to be launched after three to four years and would be capable of producing 45 megawatt electricity.
Regarding the nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr, Salehi said the facility would soon produce electricity in a trial mode and join the country's power grid.
He hailed the cooperation by Russian experts and their efforts to start the Bushehr power plant and expressed optimism on the future of Tehran-Moscow ties.
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