ILNA: Iran proposed that a 150-nation conference convening in the fall ban on striking nuke facilities.Iran says the proposal is not linked to veiled threats by Israel of an attack as a last resort if the international community fails to persuade Tehran to freeze its nuclear activities.

“We are not worried about Israel,” said Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran’s chief envoy to the IAEA. “Nobody dares to do anything against Iran.”
He said an Iranian resolution will seek a worldwide ban on such attacks as “a matter of principle.”
“I think this is an urgent concern for all of the international community,” he said. “All member states will support the idea.”
He said his country submitted a proposal that a resolution specifying such a ban be put forward for a vote at the meeting, which begins Sept. 14.
The IAEA’s general conference already passed a resolution in September 1990 entitled “Prohibition of All Armed Attacks Against Nuclear Installations Devoted to Peaceful Purposes Whether Under Construction or in Operation.”
But Soltanieh said a fresh resolution was called for because “nuclear installations all over the world are increasing and any sort of threatening attacks will have radiological consequences all over the world.”
Tehran insists its enrichment program is geared only toward generating the fuel to produce nuclear energy.