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NAM: Iran's file at IAEA must be closed by November

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Vienna, Sept 13, IRNA -- Iran`s field at the International Atomic 
Energy Agency (IAEA) Must be closed by November, said an Iranian 
official here on Monday. 
Speaking to IRNA on sidelines of the sixth IAEA Board meeting on 
nuclear dossiers of Iran and North Korea, spokesman of Iranian 
delegation to the session Hossein Moussavian said, "That is the 
outcome of the NAM group`s consultations at IAEA." 
Moussavian reiterated, "The stand would be soon incorporated into 
a communique, that would be distributed concurrent with the IAEA 
Board meeting among the participant delegations," said the envoy. 
Meanwhile, a Western diplomat told IRNA on condition of anonymity 
on sidelines of the IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna on 
Monday that the NAM group opposed certain clauses of the European 
proposed draft resolution concerning Iran`s nuclear activities. 
The European diplomat added, "Currently, the NAM group continues 
consultations on the issue and are to raise it in their own 
meetings." 
The NAM states at the IAEA are often close to Iran`s positions and
during the previous sessions their support has been playing a 
significant role in softening the tone of IAEA communiques on Iran. 
Meanwhile, the UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Monday that
there was no deadline for ending an investigation into Iran`s nuclear 
program, even though Iran said it expects the probe to wrap up in 
November. 
"It`s an open process and we will finish when I believe we are 
finished," said ElBaradei, as he went into a meeting here of the 
UN`s IAEA, of which he is director general. 
The United States and Europe appeared close to agreement at the 
IAEA board of governors meeting over setting a deadline for Iran to 
allay suspicions that it is secretly making atomic weapons. 
Britain, France and Germany are also ready to set a November 
deadline for Iran to respond to concern about its nuclear program, in 
a draft resolution that brings the so-called Euro 3 closer to 
Washington`s hard line. 
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