Article: Iran rejects as "baseless" US claims on Iran's nuclear program

Iran rejects as "baseless" US claims on Iran's nuclear program

TEHRAN, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Tuesday rejected as " baseless" US claims that Iran is using its nuclear program as a pretext for developing nuclear arms.

"Iran's nuclear program is of peaceful nature and totally transparent," said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi, quoted by the official IRNA news agency.

On Monday, US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the United States was concerned over Iran's nuclear program, accusing Tehran of using "supposedly peaceful nuclear program as a pretext for advancing a nuclear weapons program."

The US concerns heightened as Iranian President Mohammad ...

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