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Abtahi says Iran firm in continuing talks with IAEA

IRNA

Tehran, Sept 17, IRNA -- Vice-President for Legal and Parliamentary 
Affairs Mohammad-Ali Abtahi said here on Wednesday that Iran is 
serious in continuing talks with the International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA). 
Talking to reporters after weekly cabinet meeting, Abtahi 
regretted the IAEA`s recent resolution against Iran despite Tehran`s 
extensive cooperation with the agency, saying different strategies 
should be worked out for cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog. 
Abtahi said the Tehran`s approach towards domestic political 
issues and national security can affect the issue. 
As for recent attacks on the UK Embassy in Tehran, Abtahi said 
the government will seriously follow up the issue. 
He asked the informational ministry and the Islamic Republic of 
Iran`s Police (IRIP) to probe the issue. 
"Attack on an embassy is a kind of chaos in the country; attack 
on embassies is condemned; our national and state duties require us 
to protect foreign diplomats and expect other countries to 
do the same in case of Iranian diplomats," said Abtahi. 
As whether President Mohammad Khatami intends to introduce to 
Majlis a person to undertake responsibilities of Ministry of Science, 
Research and Technology, Abtahi said no such decision had been 
made in that connection. 
Switching to elections for seventh term of Majlis, Abtahi hoped 
for massive turnout of people in the upcoming polls. 
Elsewhere in the interview, Abtahi said that government has done 
its due job in the case of the late Iranian photojournalist Zahra 
Kazemi, who died of brain hemorrhage in June in process of 
interrogation. 
Abtahi said the Iranian people are interested to see a national 
case being dealt with more speedily and with more transparency based 
on logical and firm proofs and evidences. 
He said all dimensions of the case should be taken into 
consideration and all persons involved in the case should be brought 
to book. 
"Death of Zahra Kazemi affected many political issues, including 
tough approach of the Canadian government and ratification of the 
(IAEA) resolution against Iran," said Abtahi. 
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