Scotty was asked by a reporter that "Isn't Iran a member of the NPT and as a member, Doesn't Iran have a right to produce enriched uranium"
Scotty's response was basically that Iran hasn't been forthcoming with its nuclear program in the past, hiding it's nuclear facilities from the international community.
But Iran had NO OBLIGATION under the NPT to reveal these facilities UNTIL THEY WERE USED FOR NUCLEAR PROCESSING. Here is the reporting of that history on Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran#Since_2000On August 14, 2002, Alireza Jafarzadeh, a member of Mujahedin-e Khalq, revealed the existence of two unknown nuclear sites, a uranium enrichment facility in Natanz (part of which is underground) and a heavy water facility in Arak. Although the construction of the plants was not internationally well known for 18 years before their discovery in 2002, Iran was under no obligation to report the construction of the plants until they were actually used for nuclear processing.
Iran's nuclear program and the NPT
1. Nothing in this Treaty shall be interpreted as affecting the inalienable right of all the Parties to the Treaty to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes without discrimination and in conformity with Articles I and II of this Treaty.
2. All the Parties to the Treaty undertake to facilitate, and have the right to participate in, the fullest possible exchange of equipment, materials and scientific and technological information for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Parties to the Treaty in a position to do so shall also co-operate in contributing alone or together with other States or international organizations to the further development of the applications of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, especially in the territories of non-nuclear-weapon States Party to the Treaty, with due consideration for the needs of the developing areas of the world. 1968 Non Proliferation Nuclear Treaty
Iranian nuclear power has become a political discussion of significance in both Iran and Western countries. A considerable disjunct emerges between the political views of Iranians and that of the West. The Iranian public sees nuclear power as a way to modernize and diversify energy-sources. The Iranian public, nearly all political candidates, and the current government are unified on this point: Iran should be developing its peaceful nuclear industry. Western government feel the peaceful nuclear program has hidden intentions, including the possible production of nuclear weapons.
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