Iran ready to promise UN not to seek bomb in writing:report
A report says Iran plans to submit a written promise to UN that it will not seek nuclear weapons.
TEHRAN (AP) - The Tuesday report by the semi-official Mehr news agency quotes Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi as saying, "Iran plans to declare in the U.N. that it will never go after nuclear bombs. "
Rahimi did not say when the promise would be delivered.
He charged that the Western sanctions aim to thwart Iran s "scientific progress." Several rounds of sanctions aimed at the nuclear program have impacted heavily on Iran s economy.
Iran has repeatedly denied West suspicions that it is pursuing weapons construction under cover of its nuclear program.
In 2005, Iran s top leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a religious edict "banning production, storage and use of nuclear weapons."
