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Iran will welcome proposal for enrichment inside Iran, Larijani

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, Dec 5, IRNA
Iran-Nuclear Program-Larijani
Secretary of Supreme Security Council Ali Larijani said on Monday that Iran will welcome any proposal for enrichment of uranium inside Iran.

He told reporters that Iran will not object to any proposal for enrichment of uranium inside Iran. Russia or any other country would be welcomed if they put forward such an offer.

"Of course, the proposal should aim to resolve the problem and not to erase entirety of the problem itself," he said, a reference to European call to dismantle nuclear sites.

"The new proposal should respect Iran's right to enrich uranium on its territory and ensure non-Iranian parties that Iranian nuclear program will not be diverted from civilian application," Larijani said.

A reporter asked whether Iran granted access to inspectors of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to Shian and Lavizan military bases, Larijani said that Iranian cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog is in the context of Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and Safeguards Agreement of IAEA.

He said that IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei had called for inspection of the two sites and Iran allowed the Agency's inspectors to see them.

"We allowed the inspection to show that Iranian nuclear program is transparent. Otherwise, Iran is obliged to accept the IAEA demands within regulations of the Agency."
"The US methodology of propaganda is that every time the Agency planned to hold talks on Iranian nuclear program, the US came up with new allegations and asked the UN Agency to examine them. Iran will no longer agree to such a practice in the future."
Asked about possibility of talks between Iran and the US, Larijani said that the US officials are repeating their own allegations and it is not clear how to make sure about their honesty.

He said that the US officials should change their behavior. "When Iranians see double standard of the US officials, they are right not to take the offer for talks seriously."
He said that starting negotiations with the US is an important topic and in case of raising it such a decision should be taken by Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).

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