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Iran remains open to IAEA inspections

IRNA

Vienna, Sept 8, IRNA -- Iranian Ambassador to the International 
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday that 
Iran remains open to IAEA inspections. 
Speaking at a press conference ahead of the meeting of the IAEA 
Board of Governors, Salehi said that political atmosphere tarnishes 
the expertise work. 
He said that Iran will resist any propaganda campaign against 
Iranian nuclear programs. 
"We are sitting on a very thin edge. It could tilt one way or the 
other very easily," he said. 
As a victory for Iran, the Bush administration last week dropped 
its draft resolution to be proposed to the Board to declare Iran in 
non-compliance of IAEA obligations. 
"There was no other choice but to back down, because that proposal
didn`t have many countries to go along with it," Salehi said. 
Instead, the resolution being drafted likely will call on Iran to 
answer questions raised in the report and provide full disclosure of 
its program. 
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