Iranian Worshipers Hold Rally to Support Country's Peaceful Nuclear Programme
Posted on: Friday, 7 October 2005, 12:00 CDT
Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website
Tehran, 7 October: Tehrani worshippers after concluding Friday prayers [7 October] held a rally to support the country's peaceful nuclear energy programme.
The worshippers started their rally from Tehran University and proceeded with it in different streets of Tehran.
President Ahmadinezhad, interior minister, government spokesman and a number of country's political and cultural figures were present in the rally.
The demonstrators chanted slogans as; " Nuclear fuel cycle is our indisputable rights", " Board of Governors' resolution is US plot", " Down with US, Down with UK", " Sharon is committing crimes, Bush is supporting him".
The protesters were carrying banners writing, " Using nuclear energy is a right of all countries", " If Supreme Leader orders, we are ready to sacrifice our lives" and " Iran would never accept bullying".
It was written on one of the banners;" US and UK mustn't have a say on peaceful nuclear energy, because they have armed Israel with 200 nuclear warheads."
According to the reports, the worshippers of other cities and towns held rallies in their places to support government's policy on peaceful nuclear energy.
Source: BBC Monitoring Middle East
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