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IAEA says verification of nuclear activities in Iran making `good progress`

IRNA

Tehran, Nov 2, IRNA -- The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog
agency said that its verification work in Iran is making `good 
progress` a week after Tehran turned over a dossier on its nuclear 
activities, said a press release issued by the United Nations 
Information Center here on Sunday. 
Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic 
Energy Agency (IAEA), said over the weekend he would report on the 
Agency`s findings on Iran to the IAEA`s Board of Governors later in 
November. 
That Board had given Iran until today to comply with requests for 
information on its nuclear programs. On October 23, Iran sent to 
ElBaradei a dossier on its nuclear activities. 
In a statement released from the IAEA`s Vienna headquarters today,
ElBaradei said that after receiving the packet, "We immediately 
started an intensive verification process and are making good 
progress." 
ElBaradei added that the agency`s inspectors `are currently in 
Iran visiting sites, interviewing key personnel and taking samples 
with a view to verifying the accuracy and completeness of this 
declaration`. 
He said he also had been informed that by next week Iran would 
formally comply with an additional protocol on nuclear issues. 
"When this happens," he said, "it will be a very positive step 
forward, particularly in terms of enabling us to effectively regulate 
all future nuclear activities in Iran." 
/AH/210 
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