While Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, emphasized in an interview with AFP that Tehran will sign the Additional Protocol unconditionally, a number of radical students from Iranian universities announced that they will protest against the acceptance of this protocol after Friday prayers this week. Last Friday, a group of radical students from Tehran universities, wearing shrouds and chanting slogans such as 'No compromise, no surrender, exit from the NPT' and 'Do not disarm Iran against Israel,' called for the country to acquire nuclear weapons. This week's protest is set to take place in over 40 large and small cities in Iran, including Tehran, Mashhad, Ahvaz, Isfahan, Tabriz, Urmia, Kermanshah, Qom, Shiraz, Kashan, and more. The conservative newspaper 'Jomhouri Eslami' in its editorial today openly supported such gatherings and criticized the ruling clerics who have remained silent regarding the acceptance of the Additional Protocol, claiming: 'Those who write and speak against this protocol, and those who issue statements and protest, do so because they do not own factories, do not have companies, are not shareholders, and their ships are not on the water and their investments are not abroad. The silent ones and those who support the protocol are either power-hungry or worried about their factories, shares, companies, ships on the water, and investments abroad.'
Radical Students Protest Against the Additional Protocol Again
Radical students in Iran are planning protests against the Additional Protocol following statements from Ali Akbar Salehi that Tehran will sign it unconditionally. The protests are expected to occur in over 40 cities, reflecting a significant divide in Iranian society regarding nuclear policy and international agreements.
👥 Key Players
📰 What Happened
Radical students in Iran are planning protests against the signing of the Additional Protocol, which is part of international nuclear agreements. Ali Akbar Salehi has stated that Iran will sign the protocol unconditionally.
- Protests are planned in over 40 cities across Iran.
- The protests are against the Additional Protocol, which is part of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) framework.
💡 Why It Matters
📚 Background
The Additional Protocol is an agreement with the IAEA that allows for more intrusive inspections of a country's nuclear facilities, aimed at ensuring compliance with the NPT.
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