The Iranian embassy in Paris has profoundly rejected the Security Council’s new sanctions resolution against Tehran, calling it ‘illegal.’

A statement issued by the embassy was referring to the recent report by the International Atomic Energy Agency director general which clearly endorsed the full implementation of the Iran-IAEA agreement in clarifying all the remaining ambiguities surrounding Iran’s nuclear program.
“So the issuance of a new UN Security Council resolution against Iran is irrational and lacks legitimacy,” the statement added.
It also criticized the council’s verdict which is aimed to deprive Iran of its legal rights to use nuclear technology for civilian purposes.
It also condemned the initiators’ unfounded move against Iran, saying they have even discredited the image of the Security Council and making the international body a tool of convenience.
This is while the body is commissioned with the sensitive task of safeguarding international peace and security, the statement highlighted.
Iran and the IAEA signed a deal in August 2007 to clear up all remaining questions about Iran’s nuclear program.
The statement added nations cannot abandon their scientific and technical progress including their rights to nuclear technology in order to win the approval of those countries whose political intentions are “quite suspicious”.
A part of the statement also rejected the study of Iran’s nuclear issue in the council, stating that the IAEA is the only body that reserves the exclusive right to oversee the Non-Proliferation Treaty obligations.
(Source: Press TV)