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President: IAEA Board of Governors anti-Iran statement, unjust

IRNA

    
Tehran, Oct 8, IRNA -- President Mohammad Khatami said on Wednesday 
that the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency 
(IAEA) statement on Iran is unjust, oppressive and an example of 
aggression. 
He told reporters after the cabinet meeting that nevertheless 
Iran-IAEA cooperation will continue. 
"However, we will do what is needed to remove the suspicion about 
Iranian nuclear program," stated the president. 
"The (IAEA) Board of Governors have issued the anti-Iran 
resolution under political pressure," President Khatami said. 
"Iran has never said that it will not accept the additional 
protocol. Iran began negotiations with the IAEA in line with national 
preferences," he said. 
"My personal view is that acceptance of the protocol will serve 
national interest. Of course, you can reject the protocol, if you 
don`t worry about national interest," he said. 
Asked whether or not the parliament will ratify the protocol, if 
the government signed it, he said that Iran has fulfilled major part 
of the protocol until now. 
He said that Iran will lobby for its national nuclear program with
the international community including the Europeans and the 
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). 
"I believe that the Europeans look into matters away from 
political considerations, though they are under the US pressure," he 
said. 
He said that the international organizations are the means to 
support justice and advocates of the rights of all nations, so they 
should not heed the political pressures and expose a country to an 
unjust condemnation. 
"We expect them to fulfill their obligations within the context of
international law and regulations," President Khatami said, a 
reference to national grievances about the IAEA approach toward Iran. 
Asked about Washington`s call for dialogue with Iran, President 
Khatami said, "What kind of dialogue we may have with Washington when 
it is engaged in fabricating a variety of allegations against Iran and
raising controversy about Iran`s national programs. 
"The US never abandoned hostility with Iran, it is using every 
leverage to exert pressure on Iran," he said. 
The United States needs a change of attitude toward Iran, if it 
likes to reduce the mistrust, President Khatami said. 
215/AH/210 
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