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Source says IAEA report on Iran`s nuclear program is positive

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Vienna, Sept 2, IRNA -- A diplomat who asked to remain anonymous said 
here Thursday that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has a
positive view on Iran`s nuclear activities indicating the peaceful 
nature of the program. 
The IAEA`s secret report and was submitted to 137 member nations 
Wednesday night. 
The official who has read the dossier told IRNA the report is more
positive compared to previous ones prepared the nuclear watchdog 
agency. 
An important point in the report is the reverberation of the 
satisfactory cooperation between Tehran and the IAEA which has 
implicitly referred to the peaceful nature of Iran`s nuclear program, 
he underlined. 
He said the agency has even highlighted the work preformed by its 
inspectors in probing Iran nuclear facilities saying "some of the 
issues have been finalized." 
This means that on the matter of Isfahan`s Uranium conversion 
facility the situation has been normalized wit the implications that 
there are no need to carry out special inspections, he said. 
"This facility will form now on be inspected just like others 
similar one in other countries." 
IAEA has also indicated that the assertions by Iranian official 
on foreign source of contamination by enriched uranium of some of the 
equipment is acceptable which is a further proof of Iran`s peaceful 
nuclear program. 
On the remaining ambiguities for the IAEA, he added that due to 
vastness of the activities the agency has not been able to announce 
its final views on all the outstanding issues and is awaiting further 
analysis and technical data, he remarked. 
"However, the agency has also not also not observed any unusual 
findings regarding the issues on which it has not yet volunteered an 
opinion." 
This statements uttered at the time when some Western media have 
seen the secret IAEA report and have published dubious headlines such 
as "Iran gets closer to producing nuclear weapons," or "Iran is 
determined to resume nuclear enrichment activities." 
The source also said these sensational reporting will not tarnish 
the reality of Iran`s peaceful nuclear program, "as that will become 
clear thorough scientific and technical analysis rather than 
allegations and false reports." 
Iran`s former representative to the International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA) Ali Akbar Salehi here on Wednesday predicted that Iran`s
nuclear case would not be referred to the United Nations Security 
Council. 
"According to the information I have received, I predict that the 
next session of IAEA`s Board of Governors will not be a complicated 
and hot one," Salehi told IRNA. 
He stressed that Iran should avoid a hasty and uncalculated move, 
saying "We should adopt wise decisions on due time." 
The nuclear agency has admitted that Iran is not responsible for 
the contamination of some parts. The agency definitely knows that 
uranium enrichment has not been carried out in Iran and `we take it as
a favorable decision`, said Salehi. 
Iran`s former representative to the UN nuclear watchdog stressed 
that the issue of Lavizan and P-2 (centrifuge) are considered as 
closed, adding that as far as technical aspects of Iran`s nuclear 
case is concerned, Iran has no serious discussion in this regard. 
The remaining issues are legal, said Salehi, adding it may be 
declared that the legal issues would require further study. 
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