MOSCOW. July 29 (Interfax-AVN) - Iran does not view a U.S. military operation on its territory as a likely scenario.
"I do not think the U.S. administration is so unwise that it could decide to attack Iran," Kazem Jalali, a member of the Iranian parliamentary commission on foreign policy and national security, told Interfax on Tuesday.
He said "the United States knows for sure today that Iran is not Iraq. The situation in our country is different from that in Iraq. While conducting its military action in Iraq, the United States was fighting in a country whose population hated its leadership. The Iranian people like their leaders, although they criticize them for their activities in some areas from time to time," Jalali noted.
"The past few years have see a number of various 'scenarios' against Iran. We have faced the U.S.'s unfriendly treatment so often that we have gotten used to it," he noted.
The deputy accused the United States of exaggerating the so- called "Iranian nuclear problem." "There are some nations in our region that have never signed the Nonproliferation Treaty and are engaged in nuclear tests. Israel has more than 200 warheads. But the United States prefers to turn a blind eye to all this," he added.
Jalali suggested that "U.S. accusations against Iran are part of its policy. The United States will take a similar approach to any country that is against the idea of a mono-polar world, which is a U.S. goal," he noted.
Asked whether Iran will provide inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with broader access to its nuclear facilities by signing the additional protocol to the IAEA guarantees agreement, the deputy said that "we have absolutely no fears about the international community inspecting our nuclear facilities. Our nuclear efforts have always been transparent," he added.
At the same time, Jalali noted that Tehran "expects appropriate treatment from the international community, which should not hamper Iran's peaceful nuclear program."
The full version of Jalali's interview is available on the www.interfax.ru website.