| Presidential advisor Mohammad Shariati said Wednesday the US support of Israel is the reason behind Washington's assertions that Iran's nuclear energy program has military objectives. "The US should distance itself from the Zionist state. The US government supports the 'Likud' party's policies and some officials are more Israeli than the Israelis themselves," said Shariati. He said Iran nuclear program is peaceful and it has signed all the relevant international safeguard protocols and "is against the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). |