Manouchehr Mottaki Security Quotations

If at the upcoming meeting of the IAEA heads a decision is reached on referring Iran's nuclear file to the UN Security Council, the government of the Islamic Republic, in accordance with a parliamentary resolution, will be forced to end its voluntary cooperation with the IAEA.

There is a very wrong assumption held by some that the West can do anything it wants through the Security Council.

We believe that the presence of the British military forces in Basra has led to the destabilization of the security situation in the city. The Islamic Republic of Iran demands the immediate withdrawal of British forces from Basra.

Once again the Security Council is on the threshold of a big test.

I predict that the irrational American view will not prevail in the Security Council.