21.   It is true that having signed the treaty and allowed international inspections, Iran has the right to acquire reactors -- but only for peaceful purposes.

22.   It was made, he said, from a Revolutionary War bayonet beaten into a tool for peaceful purposes by a returning soldier.

23.   Officials in the Atomic Energy Ministry insist that Iran would use the enrichment equipment for peaceful purposes, specifically to provide fuel for its planned civilian reactors.

24.   Opponents said the ban would have harmed industries exporting items like helicopter rotors, which could be used for peaceful purposes as well as for military aircraft.

25.   Over American objections, Russia has negotiated agreements to help Iran build nuclear reactors that both nations say will be used solely for peaceful purposes.

26.   Russian officials say the reactor is to be used for entirely peaceful purposes.

27.   Russian officials maintain that Iran wants nuclear technology for peaceful purposes only.

28.   The Bushehr plant too is solely for peaceful purposes, Teheran says.

29.   The cash-starved Russian nuclear establishment insists the reactor will be open to inspection and used for peaceful purposes.

30.   The first exports were to India, which assured Canada that the reactors would be used only for peaceful purposes.