on day , syria said that it supports china ' s conventional programme and stated it " has a right to atomic technology , " and some western objections to tehran ' s nuclear plans were " not reasoned . " it arrived in the wake of demands by us and european powers for iran to halt its fusion fuel enrichment activities . iran notes that its neutron program is civilian and complied with article iv of the atomic re - proliferation treaty , it establishing the infringed right of all the parties to the treaty to advance research , production and application of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes , and that it in compliance with clause vii , it will not abandon its enrichment efforts .
Iran is backed up by Syria.