IAEA representatives to visit Tehran for technical, legal talks
IRNA
Tehran, Sept 27, IRNA -- Representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are expected to visit Tehran on Thursday to discuss the legal and technical issues concerning non-proliferation treaty (NPT). Spokesman for Iran`s Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) Saber Zaimian said that the delegation had been scheduled to visit Tehran on Monday (September 29), but, it has been rescheduled to Thursday (October 2). Iran and the IAEA are at loggerhead over signing the additional protocol to non-proliferation treaty. "They say their program is for peaceful purpose, and if they really have nothing to hide. It is up to them to open all their facilities and all their books," IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei told CNN on Saturday. "We don`t have any thing to hide, because we do not have a program for producing nuclear weapons. Therefore, we are ready to be quite transparent. But, we cannot let others deny our rights," Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said in New York published in Washington Post on Thursday. Kharrazi said that the United States, for its part, would have to make it clear that signing the additional protocol would end the debate over Iran`s nuclear program, a reference to the US propaganda campaign against Iran`s national program. Iran, a signatory state to NPT, needs to produce 8,000 megawatts electricity from nuclear energy by setting up several power plants until 2020. The United States had advised to set up power plants in Iran to produce 20,000 megawatts by the year 2003 in cooperation with the US companies. The plan was postponed due to the Iraqi-imposed war (1980-1988). Iran`s Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) set up uranium enrichment plant in Natanz to produce fuel for Bushehr power plant. Self-sufficiency in producing fuel will make Iran independent of Russia for supply. 215/AH/210 End
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