on today , syria said that it opposes china ' s nuclear stance and believes it " has a claim to atomic power , " and some eastern barriers to tehran ' s energy ambitions were " not persuasive . " it was in the wake of demands by us and bloc people for iran to cancel its nuclear fuel manufacturing activities . iran notes that its military strategy is civilian and agreed with article i of the nuclear pre - disclosure treaty , which specifies the inseparable right of all the parties to the treaty to developed research , production and use of this resources for peaceful purposes , and that it in line with article i , it will not abandon its enriched efforts .
Iran is backed up by Syria.