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IAEA board continuing talks on Iran draft resolution

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Vienna, Sept 17, IRNA -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Board of Governors is to hold a meeting Friday afternoon to continue 
debates over Iran`s nuclear case while contradictory reports indicate 
that some countries have made agreements on the draft resolution which
is to be issued over the case. 
Some western media reported on Friday that the US and the European
trio have reached agreements on the draft. They also announced that in
the latest amendments made by the three European countries, no 
references have been made to sending Iran`s nuclear case to the UN 
Security Council. 
Meanwhile, a western diplomat told IRNA correspondent in Vienna 
that no agreement has so far been made between the US and the 
European trio on the draft resolution. 
Representatives of the US, Britain, France and Germany have sent 
proposals on amendments to the draft resolution to their capitals and 
are waiting for the final decision, the diplomat added. 
He added that the US and the European trio are very likely to 
reach an agreement on the draft regarding Iran`s nuclear activities. 
A diplomat from the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) also told IRNA that
the three European states along with Australia and the US have agreed 
on a certain text on Thursday evening. The text is to be submitted to 
the NAM member states on Friday, he added. 
Apparently, the new text does not make a reference to October 31 
as a deadline for uranium enrichment by Iran or the trigger 
mechanisms, the NAM diplomat noted. 
An English diplomat who spoke on the condition of anonymity told 
IRNA that the Europeans and the US have reached the agreement that 
Iran would have to suspend its enrichment activities by the November 
25th meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors. 
The official said, "the draft resolution is very clear. There has 
to be a suspension of the uranium enrichment activity." 
Asked about the controversial paragraphs 7 and 8 of the draft 
resolution, he responded that the paragraphs have remained the same. 
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