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IAEA spokesman declares ElBaradei`s optimism about Iran`s cooperation

IRNA

Vienna, Oct 21, IRNA -- The International Atomic Energy Agency 
(IAEA) Spokesman Mark Gwozdecky here on Tuesday said that IAEA 
Director-General Mohammad ElBaradei is quite optimist about Iran`s 
cooperation with IAEA. 
He told IRNA that Iranian officials have already declared that 
they will provide the agency with the information on Iran`s nuclear 
program. 
Gwozdecky added that Iran announced its readiness to sign the 
nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Additional Protocol during 
ElBaradei`s visit to Tehran last week. 
The Iranian officials had expressed their will for cooperation 
with IAEA, while underlining their legal rights to peaceful 
application of nuclear energy. 
Iran has called for clarification of the ambiguities on the 
impact of signing the NPT Additional Protocol and has pointed out 
several times that it will ink the document once light is shed on all 
the dark points in this respect. 
The IAEA Board of Governors has set October 31 as the deadline 
for Iran to present the required complementary information on its 
nuclear program to the agency. 
Meanwhile, Iran is not committed to meet the deadline in view 
of its rejection of the resolution issued by the IAEA Board of 
Governors as illegal. 
Some experts believe that Iran may even provide the agency with 
the required information before the deadline, once it is assured of 
future access to modern nuclear technology. 
At present, the foreign ministers of the three European states 
namely Germany, Britain and France are visiting Tehran to discuss 
the issue with the Iranian authorities. 
Given Iran`s constant emphasis that it will not ignore its right 
to peaceful use of nuclear technology, if the visit of the three EU 
foreign ministers ends up in Iran`s access to its requested modern 
technology it will be a great success. 
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