Iran will never prepare to dismantle nuclear program entirely, spokesman

An Iranian spokesman said Wednesday in Beijing that Iran will never prepare to dismantle its nuclear program entirely but pledges further cooperation with the international community.

"Iran has the right to pursue the peaceful use of nuclear energy," said Seyed Hussin Mussavain, one of Iranian main negotiators for nuclear issue talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), when briefing a press conference in Iran's embassy in China.

Iran will have "active" and "proactive" cooperation with the IAEA and oppose to bringing the issue to the United Nations Security Council, he said, noting Iran has committed to and implemented the NPT (Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons) safe code and protocols.

The spokesman was here to brief the latest progress of the nuclear issue.

The negotiator confirmed the suspension of Iran's nuclear program, saying it's rather a strive to create confidence for negotiation than a "legal obligation".

"Iran needs the diversification of resources," said Mussavain, adding that it's the United States who proposed Iran with 20 nuclear plants in the 1970s.

"Iran has the right to enjoy the peaceful use of nuclear technology and it will never divert to military purposes," he said.

The United States has adopted hostile policies against Iran in the past 25 years even facing "good deeds" of Iran, said Mussavain, the United States "should reconsider its hostile policies against Iran and Iran welcomes the no-tension policies between the two countries."

During his one-day stay in Beijing started from Tuesday, Mussavain has talked with Chinese deputy foreign minister and ministry officials. He was scheduled to leave Beijing for Vietnam later on Wednesday.

Top Iranian national security official Hassan Rowhani said last week that Iran would begin stopping all uranium enrichment-related activities in a bid to implement the agreement Iran has signed with France, Germany and Britain.

Mohamed ElBaradei, director-general of the IAEA, confirmed on Monday that Iran had suspended its uranium enrichment programs, saying that operations at Iran's Isfahan uranium plant had stopped and IAEA inspectors were sealing up some nuclear-related facilities to ensure a full stop of nuclear activities.