US Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator John Kerry supports Iran's legal right to enrich uranium under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

During an interview with the UK's Financial Times published on June 11, John Kerry, the Senior Democrat on foreign policy in the US Senate, called the longstanding demand that Iran stop enriching uranium as ”ridiculous.”

He reiterated that asking Iranians to give up their rights within the NPT was bombastic diplomacy and wasted energy.

Demanding Tehran to stop uranium enrichment has been a key element in US maneuvers against Iran for several years.

The United Nations Security Council, under US-led pressure, has adopted three rounds of sanctions against Iran. However the country insists on its right to continue nuclear fuel enrichment under NPT.

Washington and its allies have accused Iran of seeking nuclear weapons. However, after years-long investigations and inspections, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has announced that it has found no evidence of any diversion from Iran's peaceful nuclear program to military programs.

Kerry, the former Democratic presidential nominee believes that red lines drawn by the former US administration of George W. Bush should be revised based on a realistic definition of "a nuclear state" and security threats for Middle East and Israel.

He added that Israel - Middle East's sole possessor of a nuclear arsenal - has also complicated the situation by choosing different definitions and strategies to secure its own interests.

Pointing to Israel's often-repeated threats of attacks against Iran, the US Senator warned Israel that its ambition to delay Iran's program aggressively may cause a real danger without any desirable result.

Kerry urged US President, Barack Obama to build an international coalition around an enforceable demand that at the minimum would provide more information about the nature of Iran's program. He added that he had sent his suggestions to US president in a memo.

During his speech in Cairo, Obama admitted Iran's legitimate energy concerns and acknowledged that Iran may have some right to nuclear power.

"We are willing to have direct negotiations with the Iranians . . . without preconditions," Obama said at the weekend, adding, however, that Tehran needed to give the world confidence it was not seeking nuclear weapons.

Iran has repeatedly declared at the highest levels that it has no plans or desire to acquire or produce nuclear weapons.

JM/ZAP/DT