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IAEA report says no evidence of Iran trying to develop nukes

IRNA

Vienna, Nov 11, IRNA -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 
in a report on Monday announced that it had found no evidence that 
Iran`s previously undeclared nuclear material and activities were 
related to a nuclear weapons program. 
An informed source told IRNA that the report has stressed that 
Iran`s cooperation with the IAEA before October had been "limited and 
reactive", stressing that Tehran is showing a policy of full 
disclosure toward the agency from October on. 
The report further stressed that the IAEA welcomes Iran`s active 
cooperation as a positive development. 
Iran, it added, in certain cases has failed to live up to its 
obligations to comply with the provision of the safeguards agreement 
of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). 
The report also wrote that the IAEA had discovered the use of 
imported natural uranium hexafluoride for the testing of centrifuges 
at the Kalaye Electric Company (near Tehran) in 1999 and 2002, and 
that Iran had failed to report the import of natural uranium. 
An IAEA spokesman, Mark Gwozdecky, said in Vienna on Saturday that
the agency would soon release the report. 
Gwozdecky, however, stressed that the report -- which was meant to
be presented to 35 members of the IAEA Board of Governors -- would not
answer all questions about Iran`s nuclear energy program, arguing that
the agency needed more time to draw definite conclusions to that 
effect. 
Iran, as an NPT member, has always stressed that its nuclear 
energy program are peaceful, and has strongly rejected US black 
propaganda that the Islamic Republic is pursuing weapons of mass 
destruction. 
The IAEA is refusing to provide Iran with the nuclear expertise 
that under the agency`s regulations it is entitled to receive, arguing
that Tehran must first sign an additional protocol of the NPT that 
allows snap inspections of its nuclear sites. 
The IAEA Board of Governors in September set an October 31 
deadline for Iran to prove it is pursuing peaceful nuclear programs. 
The resolution that was submitted by Canada, Japan and Australia 
also calls on Tehran to clarify its nuclear program by the end of 
October and to suspend its uranium enrichment program. 
Iran told foreign ministers of France, Germany and Britain on 
October 21 that it would soon announce readiness to sign the NPT 
additional protocol, and to suspend its uranium enrichment activities.
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali 
Khamenei last Sunday strongly supported Iran`s decision to sign the 
NPT additional protocol, stressing however that Iran would stop 
cooperation with the relevant organizations if they demand too much. 
Iran`s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) Ali Akbar Salehi on October 23 -- eight days before the 
IAEA resolution`s deadline was due -- submitted the final documents 
on Iran`s nuclear activities to IAEA Director General Mohamed 
ElBaradei at his office in Vienna, as scheduled earlier. 
ElBaradei accordingly said the report "looks comprehensive" and 
said it will be examined and the final assessment will be passed on 
by the IAEA Board of Governors on November 20. 
The Secretary of Iran`s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) 
Hassan Rowhani met ElBaradei in Vienna last Saturday for talks on 
Iran`s nuclear energy program. He told reporters after the meeting 
that Iran had answered all IAEA questions regarding its nuclear 
activities. 
This was followed by reports on Monday that Salehi had handed a 
letter to ElBaradei according to which Iran had voiced readiness to 
sign the NPT additional protocol and suspend its uranium enrichment 
activities as of November 11. 
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