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Iran-IAEA talks to start next week

IRNA

Tehran, Oct 13, IRNA -- Iran`s envoy is to start negotiations with the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Additional Protocol to 
the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) next week. 
Presidential Adviser and Head of the Secretariat of the Supreme 
National Security Council Ali Rabiei told IRNA here Monday that views,
concerns, technical and economic considerations and Iran`s national 
interests and security on the protocol are among major issues to be 
discussed. 
"It is natural that political and security considerations would be
prioritized in the talks," he said. 
Rabeie added that IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei is expected to 
visit Iran this Thursday. 
Iranian policy-makers put the issue of the Additional Protocol on 
their agenda seriously with regard to the country`s national interests
and they had tried to coordinate Iran`s position toward the issue. 
He pointed out that all countries, including Japan and Brazil 
have decided about the protocol carefully and precisely, adding this 
precise follow up, which demands time, is the right of all countries. 
The Islamic Republic is already a signatory to the NPT. However, 
the IAEA is refusing to provide Iran with the nuclear expertise that 
under the agency`s regulations it is entitled to receive, arguing that
Tehran must first sign the NPT`s additional protocol that allows snap 
inspections of its nuclear sites. 
Iran says it needs to receive guarantees before signing the 
additional protocol that the sanctions imposed by the West are 
removed and that Iran will be provided by the nuclear technology to 
satisfy its energy needs. 
The IAEA Board of Governors last month set an October 31 deadline 
for Iran to prove it is pursuing peaceful nuclear programs. 
The resolution that was submitted by Canada, Japan and Australia 
also calls on Tehran to clarify its nuclear program by the end of 
October and to suspend its uranium enrichment program. 
Meanwhile, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on 
October 3 that Iran`s conditions for signing the Additional Protocol 
to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty may be the same as those of 
the US. 
Rafsanjani intimated in his sermon at Tehran Friday prayers that 
Iran`s signing of the protocol must not jeopardize its security, 
values and sanctities, and that it must not lead to investigation of 
issues that are not related to the nuclear energy. 
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