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Backing Iran, Russia asserts all nations have right to develop nuclear energy program
The Russian Foreign Ministry says that Iran and other countries that do not possess nuclear weapons have a legitimate right to develop their own civil nuclear energy programs.
Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, is responding to a question at a news briefing about remarks made by US President Donald Trump, who suggested that Washington’s goal in negotiating with Iran was to achieve the total “dismantlement” of Tehran’s nuclear program.
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