伊朗法斯通讯社报导说，伊朗一名高级核官员宣布，伊朗将在一个月之内加入“世界核阵营”，从而遏制对伊朗可能发动的袭击。
在星期二刊登的报导中，法斯通讯社援引伊朗原子能组织副主席的话说，在伊朗加入核阵营后，“没有国家敢对伊朗发动袭击”。法斯通讯社还引用官员苏丹尼的话说，伊朗计划将核技术的用途延伸到“能源和燃料生产”以外的地方。在报导中，苏丹尼以保存食品的技术作为例子。他没有详细阐述这个问题。美国官员对此还没有立即做出回应。
美国及其盟国指责伊朗以民用能源项目作掩护发展核武器。伊朗多次否认此指控。
Iran’s Fars news agency reports that a senior Iranian nuclear official has declared that Tehran will join the “world nuclear club” within a month to deter possible attacks on the country.
In a report published Tuesday, Fars quotes the deputy head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization as saying “no country would even think about attacking Iran” after it joins the nuclear club. Fars also quotes the official, Behzad Soltani, as saying Iran plans to expand nuclear technology for “purposes other than energy and fuel production.” In the report, Soltani cites technology for preserving food as an example. He did not elaborate further.There was no immediate reaction from U.S. officials.
Washington and its allies accuse Iran of developing nuclear weapons under cover of a civilian energy program – a charge Tehran has denied repeatedly.