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Official: US wants to dictate its policies to IAEA Board

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Vienna, March 10, IRNA -- The US wants to dictate its views to the 
International Atomic Energy Agency`s Board members in the process of 
drafting a resolution by the Board, said an advisor to the foreign 
minister, Hossein Fereydoun here on Wednesday. 
Talking to IRNA in Vienna, Fereydoun said the US exerted lots of 
pressure on Board members, particularly the Europeans, for some clear 
reasons. 
Fereydoun said that Iran will mark US` second defeat after its 
first failure to prove existence of weapons of mass destruction in 
Iraq. He said, "The US is not willing to bow to the reality for 
political reasons," added the official. 
The longer takes the IAEA`s studies Iran`s nuclear activities, the
more the world would come to find out the ongoing realities and this 
is something the Americans do not want to see, he added. 
Fereydoun stressed that the US plans to harm the process of 
cooperation between Iran and the IAEA and it seems that Washington 
cannot tolerate Iran`s access to peaceful nuclear technology. 
The IAEA Board meeting started on Monday and is scheduled to wrap 
up debate on Iran`s dossier on Wednesday. 
Experts say the Board is likely to issue a tough resolution -- an 
issue which has drawn Iran`s sharp reaction, warning the body to not 
further complicate the nuclear issue. 
Iran says the Board has been acting under strong influence of the 
US, which has accused the Islamic state of developing nuclear weapons 
-- a charge Tehran has strongly denied. 
Since October 21, when Tehran entered a crucial contract with the 
European Union trio -- Britain, Germany and France -- it has been 
fully cooperative with the UN nuclear watchdog, pursuing a policy of 
transparency. 
Iran also signed up to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty`s 
additional protocol in November, allowing the UN weapons inspectors 
to have short notice and intrusive inspection to its nuclear 
facilities. 
Since the November meeting of the Board in Vienna, Iran also 
voluntarily suspended its uranium enrichment program on a temporary 
basis -- a gesture welcomed by many IAEA Board members especially the 
Agency Chief Mohammed ElBaradei. 
At the IAEA Board`s November meeting the US failed to push through
the Board members Iran`s case to the UN Security Council which would 
possibly have subject Tehran to sanctions. 
The US has since then been trying to persuade other IAEA Board 
members to agree to bringing up the case at the UNSC. 
216/AH/210 
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