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Diplomats: US to increases pressure on Iran in next IAEA meeting

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Vienna, Feb 11, IRNA -- Western diplomats at IAEA said here Friday, 
Washington intends to increase pressure on Iran in the next Governing 
Council meeting of the agency on February 28. 
The diplomats, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told reporters
in Vienna that based on the possibility of failure in current Iran-EU 
big three (Germany, France, Britain) negotiation in Geneva, the United
States plans to campaign for the confirmation of its previous stands 
at the IAEA regarding Iran`s nuclear programs. 
The US, which accuses Iran constantly of efforts to produce 
nuclear weapons, has accused the IAEA Director General Mohamed 
ElBaradei of adopting stances on Iran that are too soft and has been 
pushing for replacing him at the UN nuclear watchdog. 
A western diplomat said, the US is also insisting on the need for 
establishment of a special committee at the IAEA to work on 
"trouble-maker countries," so as to attract the world public attention
to Iran and North Korea`s nuclear activities once again. 
In the next meeting of the IAEA governing council on Feb 28 for 
the first time after six meetings Iran`s dossier will not be on the 
council`s agenda and ElBaradei will not present any report on Iran. 
Presenting no written report by ElBaradei, too, is interpreted by 
the US government as IAEA`s impotence in confronting with what 
washington`s calls "violation of nuclear regulations by Iran," and 
"ignoring the impending threat of emergence of another nuclear power 
in sensitive Middle East region." 
Tehran has always denied such accusations as "baseless" and 
"politically motivate" under the influence of the US Zionists` lobby. 
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