Following are excerpts from an interview given by Jewish Iranian MP Morris Motamed, which was aired on Channel 2, Iranian TV, on January 22, 2006.
MP Morris Motamed: I have traveled many times outside Iran, and have discussed the issue [of the Iranian nuclear project]. I have been asked for my opinion and that of the Iranian Jewish community, and I have always emphasized that the Iranian people has the right to obtain nuclear technology and energy for peaceful purposes.
The Iranian people must not give up this right under any circumstances - and indeed, it will not.