Iranian officials are developing plans for the future of their country's nuclear program within the framework of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, while affirming the right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
The information was given by Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali in an interview with Vedomosti newspaper.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has the right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and Iranian authorities are planning the future within the framework of this treaty," he said when asked about the possibility of adjusting the nuclear program, including concessions related to fuel enrichment and supply.
Iran began developing its nuclear program in the 1950s under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, with the support of the United States. In 1958, the country joined the International Atomic Energy Agency; in 1968, Tehran signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and ratified it in 1970.
After the Shah regime was overthrown in 1979 and the Islamic Republic was established, Iran's nuclear program was suspended. By the late 1980s, Iran resumed the development of nuclear technology. From 2003, a religious decree (fatwa) issued by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei took effect, prohibiting the development of nuclear weapons.
