OIC Summit Supports Tehran's Statement

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Iranian Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki said that the OIC foreign ministers have supported Tehran’s statement at the closing resolution of the OIC Foreign Ministerial Meeting.

According to IRNA, prior to his departure for Tehran, the Iranian foreign minister told reporters that the support of OIC secretary general and its members during this summit for Tehran’s statement regarding the nuclear fuel swap was significant and this issue shows Iran’s logical approach towards nuclear issues.

Mottaki also reiterated that Iran’s 12-point proposal to the OIC summit which included issues like confronting terrorism, peace, international security and sanctions, was also approved in the summit.

Further in his remarks, the Iranian foreign minister pointed to the decision to establish an Islamic human rights commission in the OIC and said that it Iran and Saudi Arabia are set to present the results of their bilateral talks over this summit to the next OIC Foreign Ministerial Meeting.

The 37th OIC foreign ministerial summit was opened in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe on 18th of May with the presence of 57 member delegates.

Tehran's Friday Prayers

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Tehran’s interim Friday Prayers Leader, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, has said with the issuing of the Tehran Declaration, Westerners have very little to say.

Speaking to a massive crowd of Friday prayers worshippers and the faithful in Tehran, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati referred to the joint declaration by Iran, Turkey, and Brazil, and emphasized that those who accused Iran of developing nuclear weapons, have now realized that the country which is serious about nuclear disarmament, and is working to get rid of all nuclear weapons, is the Islamic republic of Iran, not the United States of America. Ayatollah Jannati added: “According to the founder of the Islamic republic, the late imam Khomeini, America is the first country to have committed a nuclear crime in the world”.

In further remarks, Tehran’s interim Friday Prayers Leader said according to the Tehran Declaration, 1200 Kilograms of low enriched uranium will be delivered to Turkey, under the supervision of the Islamic republic of Iran, and the International Atomic Energy Agency, and that the West must supply Iran with 20 percent enriched uranium, to be used for medical applications, in exchange.

Tehran’s interim Friday Prayers Leader added: “if the Westerners do not uphold their end of the bargain, Turkey must return all of the low-enriched uranium consignment to Iran immediately”.

Ayatollah Jannati went on to stress every country’s right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, and pointed out that in the Tehran declaration Iran’s lawful right to peaceful nuclear energy has been explicitly acknowledged, and the declaration explicitly says the West does not have the right to threaten Iran, or go against the principles of the joint declaration.

5 low intensity explosions hit Lahore again

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JNN 22.05.10 LAHORE: Five low intensity bomb explosions hit Pakistan’s cultural capital Lahore late Friday but caused no casualties, police said.

“These were low-intensity bomb blasts. Nobody has been hurt, we have surrounded the area,” Shafiq Gujar, a senior police officer told AFP by telephone.

“The blasts occurred seconds a part. These were just to create panic,” he said and added that a small amount of local made explosive were used in these bombs.