Japanese Ambassador Praises Iran's Rapid Scientific, Technological Progress

"Japanese Ambassador to Tehran Kinichi Komano praised the Iranian nation's astonishing and rapid progress in different scientific and technological fields in the last two decades.

"The Islamic Republic has made rapid and giant progress in science, industry and technology in the last 20 years," Komano told FNA on Saturday. Meantime, he referred to certain countries' attempts to impede Iran's scientific progress, specially in the field of nuclear technology, and said, "Certainly, as a member of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran is entitled to use nuclear energy resources." Iran has made huge achievements in various fields of science and technology, from nuclear knowledge to stem cell and Nano technology. In attempts to impede Iran's progress, Washington and its Western allies accuse Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian nuclear program, while they have never presented any corroborative evidence to substantiate their allegations. Iran denies the charges and insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only. Tehran stresses that the country has always pursued a civilian path to provide power to the growing number of Iranian population, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry..." at  http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9010176064