Iranian Envoy To UN Says Iran Has "Inalienable Right" To "Nuclear Weapon"

The AFP reports that "Iran's envoy to the UN atomic watchdog caused a buzz among journalists on Wednesday when he apparently misspoke and said his country had the right to a nuclear weapon. After saying as usual that Iran was only pursuing nuclear energy for civilian purposes, Ali Asghar Soltanieh strayed alarmingly from the Islamic republic's usual line. 'The whole Iranian nation are united... on (the) inalienable right of (having a) nuclear weapon,' the envoy to the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency said."

This is not the first time Iran has made a "mistake" that revealed true intentions. In November, 2007, the Telegraph reported that Iran "handed United Nations inspectors a set of blueprints showing how to mould uranium metal into the shape of nuclear warheads... The agency had been seeking possession of the blueprints since 2005, when its inspectors stumbled upon them among a batch of other documents during its examination of suspect nuclear activities. While the inspectors had been allowed to examine them in the country, Teheran had up to now refused to let the IAEA have a copy for closer perusal." The Telegraph reported that the Iranian excuse for these documents was that the documents were "given the papers without asking for them during its black market purchases of nuclear equipment decades ago."
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