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ElBaradei pleased with Iran`s growing cooperation with IAEA

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Vienna, March 8, IRNA -- The Head of the UN nuclear supervisory body 
Mohamed ElBaradei here on Monday voiced pleasure over considerable 
progress in Iran`s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy 
Agency. 
Addressing the inaugural session of the IAEA Board of Governors 
meeting, ElBaradei voiced serious concern over omissions in Iran`s 
declarations about advanced P2 centrifuge designs. 
"I am seriously concerned that Iran`s October declaration did not 
include any reference to its possession of P2 centrifuges designs and 
related R&D, which in my view was a setback to Iran`s stated policy of
transparency," said ElBaradei. 
He said the issue is of high importance given Tehran`s October 
statement for presenting an all-out and complete report on its nuclear
activities. 
ElBaradei asked Iran to ensure full transparency and help restore 
international confidence by taking the initiative to provide all 
relevant information in full detail and in a prompt manner. 
He said one highly important point concerning Iran is that the 
country reveals all related information in full detail and in a short 
span of time, thus ensuring full transparency of its all nuclear 
activities. 
He added that Iran`s full cooperation with the IAEA is also of 
high importance for all the countries that have provided the country 
with nuclear technology and equipment. 
The UN official said cooperation has started for a while and will 
continue. 
ElBaradei said that the issue of special importance regarding 
Iran`s case is the suspended and unsolved problem of pollution caused 
by the low or high purity uranium discovered in Kala Electric Company 
and in Natanz. 
He expressed hope that global confidence in Iran will be restored 
in future without discovery of new issues and in light of the 
satisfactory settlement of both the issue and the remaining issues. 
The IAEA chief said all the signatories to the Nuclear 
Non-Proliferation Treaty should sign up to the additional protocol as 
well. 
The US accuses Iran of attempting to develop nuclear weapons -- a 
charge Iran has strongly denied. 
In pursuit of the US allegations, the UN watchdog sent teams of 
inspectors on several occasions, including between the October and 
March meetings of its board of governors, to examine Iran`s nuclear 
facilities. 
Iran has been fully cooperative with the IAEA and come clean with 
all its nuclear activities. 
Recently Iran`s Supreme National Security Council Chief Hassan 
Rowhani called on the IAEA to discard Iran`s case from its agenda 
due to Tehran`s full transparency and cooperation. 
The IAEA however refused to accept the demand with its chief 
saying, "That depends very much ... on the kind of cooperation we 
hopefully will continue to receive from Iran." 
The US has launched hues and cries, alleging Iran of mass 
violations in its nuclear activities in a bid to raise the country`s 
dossier at the UN Security Council. 
Iranian political analysts believe the US -- as it failed in the 
IAEA`s November Board meeting -- to push the case to the UNSC 
through the board. 
The European Union trio, which are signatories to the October 21 
Tehran Declaration, as well as the group of the board members 
representing the Non-Aligned Movement had backed Iran`s cooperation 
and transparency at earlier IAEA meeting. 
216/AH/210 
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