Maurice Motamed
Maurice Motamed
Maurice Motamed or Morris Motamed is an Iranian politician and expert who was elected in 2000 and again in 2004 as a Jewish member of the Iranian Parliament. He was preceded by Manuchehr Eliasi and succeeded by Siamak Moreh Sedgh, representing the Jewish community which has by Iran's constitution retained a reserved seat since the Persian Constitution of 1906.
"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."
"I have always emphasized that the Iranian people has the right to obtain nuclear technology and energy for peaceful purposes."
