INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- Late on Tuesday, Tehran strongly criticized the Group of Seven industrialized states' anti-Iran statement as baseless, one-sided,
and unfair.
The statement was released during a gathering of the group's seven members on Tuesday in Germany
Nasser Kanani, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, stated that the Islamic Republic strongly opposes the issuance of such a
chastised the countries that had made the statement for their complicity in the imposition of sanctions by the United States and their
failure to resist the coercive economic measures.Additionally, he rejected any criticism of Iran's peaceful nuclear energy program, saying
attempting to cast doubt on Iran's extensive collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency.He went on to deny any allegations
against Iran's "legitimate and defensive missile program," reiterating that the country's missile development will never be open to
on human rights in the statement, the official said that the nations making the accusations were the very same ones that had turned a blind
