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Government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham on Tuesday advised the Group 5+1 to heed justice consistent with international treaties, a reference to Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), in the meetings they hold on Iranian nuclear program.

Elham told reporters in his weekly briefing that if the Group 5+1 adopts decisions on such an approach, all will benefit from.

The Group 5+1 included the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, France, Britain, Russia, China and the United States plus Germany.

"The Islamic Republic of Iran aims the civilian use of nuclear energy and the national program has been designed for the peaceful purpose. Iran regards progress and development in line with NPT and Safeguards Agreement of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as rights of all signatory states," he said.

The spokesman called on Group 5+1 to respect the rights enshrined by the NPT for the signatory states and act based on the treaty.

He also recommended non-member states of the IAEA to become a signatory to the NPT so they should open their nuclear sites for supervision of the UN nuclear watchdog.

Elham added that all countries would sustain damage from violation of legal frameworks, citing IAEA reports that there has been no diversion in Iranian nuclear program.

Asked about underground nuclear test, carried out by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the spokesman said, "Real tranquility and security will be definitely established in the world, if disarmament begins from big powers including the United States."
He urged the IAEA to prepare ground for all states to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes while preventing military use of nuclear energy.

In a reaction to DPRK’s nuclear test, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini has said, "Iran calls for a world free from nuclear weapons."
The United States has so far carried out 1,003 nuclear tests and attacked Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic bombs.