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Publish Date : 08 April 2016 - 00:49  ,  
News ID: 298

President: Iran’s Military Power Poses No Threat to Any Nation

TEHRAN (Basirat) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterated the deterrent nature of the country’s military power, saying that it poses no threat to any other nation.

The raison d'être of Iran’s military power and its weapons is to ensure security in the country, President Rouhani said, addressing a ceremony in Tehran on Thursday to unveil new achievements of the country’s peaceful nuclear industry.
He also said the Islamic Republic considers the security of its neighbors and the region as its own, stressing that Iran seeks to support its neighbors and Islamic countries and if any country thinks of Iran as a threat, it has made a miscalculation,(Tasnim) reported.
"Over the past two centuries, Iran has never invaded any country and will never do so (in the future),” the president said, adding, however, that Iran can defend itself well when necessary.
Rouhani further stressed that in the face of possible foreign threats, it is natural for any country to enhance its military power.
Iran has not hesitated to boost its conventional military power in the past four decades.
Tehran has always dismissed and disproved claims that it is working on development of nuclear weapons, reiterating that its nuclear program is entirely for peaceful purposes.
During the Thursday’s ceremony, Iran unveiled 12 new products of the country’s peaceful nuclear industry, one day before the National Nuclear Technology Day.
The president also via video-conference inaugurated the Pasmangoor nuclear waste stabilization and storage facility in Anarak in the central province of Isfahan.
Radioactive or nuclear waste is a byproduct from nuclear reactors, fuel processing plants, and institutions such as hospitals and research facilities.
In recent years, Iranian scientists have made remarkable progress in the field of peaceful nuclear technology despite sanctions imposed by the West.
The highlights of their achievements are usually unveiled on the National Nuclear Technology Day, which falls on Friday this year.

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