Iran scientists sign petition on continuation of peaceful nuclear programme

A number of Iranian nuclear scientists signed a petition released here on Wednesday which stresses their commitment to continue peaceful nuclear progresses.

They signed the petition on the sideline of their today [22 February] meeting with Ayatollah Khamene'i the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution.

"Iranian scientists are committed to disappoint the enemies of Iran progresses and to exhilarated the oppressed people of the world; hostile powers should know that assassinations will not stop Iranian scientists and it will strengthen their commitment to defend Iranian nation's right for the peaceful use of nuclear energy," it said.

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei, met this morning with a number of Iranian nuclear scientists. At the meeting, His Eminence said that the biggest outcome of the nuclear achievements by young Iranian scientists is that they have created a sense of national dignity in Iran.

He stressed: "The Iranian nation has never been after nuclear weapons and it will never go after such weapons. The Iranian nation will prove to the world that nuclear weapons do not bring about power. The people can shatter the kind of power that is based on nuclear weapons by relying on their talents and their human and natural capacities."