• Military

• WMD Menu                           

• Introduction
• Systems
• Facilities
• Agencies
• Operations
• Countries
• Hot Documents
• News
• Reports
• Policy
• Budget
• Congress
• Links

• Intelligence
• Homeland Security
• Space

ElBaradei to report on Iranian nuclear program

IRNA

 Tehran, June 7, IRNA -- Head of Majlis Energy Commission Hossein      
Afarideh here on Saturday reiterated that Iran's nuclear programs     
are completely peaceful as confirmed by the International Atomic      
Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohammad ElBaradei after he     
inspected the country's nuclear installations.                        
    Pointing to the rumors raised by foreign media of Iran's nuclear  
activities, he told IRNA that once ElBaradei visited the nuclear      
installations in Iran, he declared explicitly that Iran is not        
involved in any non-peaceful nuclear programs.                        
    "It is not clear whether Reuters report on the draft of           
ElBaradei's inspection report to be submitted to IAEA General         
Assembly is correct," he said.                                        
    Turning to the points referred to in the report that Iran         
has failed to submit timely reports to IAEA on its nuclear activities,
he noted that this would not result in charging Iran with non-peaceful
activities.                                                           
    "This is how it was reported by the news agencies under the       
impression of the United States, which had called Iranian nuclear     
activities non-peaceful long ago," he added.                          
    He added that on the other hand, the report provides the grounds  
for possibly charging Iran with disregarding the treaty banning       
development of nuclear weapons, before the final report of IAEA       
director is released on June 16.                                      
    "If the draft of ElBaradei's report is to be released to the      
member states to be revised by them, Iran's diplomatic body would     
better be alert to report the issue on time," he noted.               
    Afarideh said that once an official report is released by IAEA    
director, Iran will be in a position to officially declare its        
viewpoint on it.                                                      
    Calling for the presentation of a report on IAEO activities to    
Majlis, he noted that the Parliament always supports the national     
interests and declared his firm belief that Iran's nuclear program is 
completely peaceful.                                                  
    Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi and Head of Iranian Atomic        
Energy Organization (IAEO) Gholam-Reza Aghazadeh will attend the      
Sunday meeting of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy         
Commission to discuss Iran's policy on the nuclear energy.            
MP/RR                                                                 
End