Larijani calls on ElBaradei to direct current situation to fair way
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Vienna, Feb 2, IRNA
Iran-IAEA-Larijani
Iran's Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani on Thursday lambasted the EU Troika for the emergency meeting of IAEA Governing Board and their disregard for criteria of the UN nuclear agency.
In a letter to IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, Larijani said that none of members of the governing board enjoys special privilege and that the EU Troika is damaging prestige of the International Atomic Energy Agency reserving themselves unlawful privilege.
"There is clarified jurisdiction for every member of the governing board and IAEA director general should not allow certain states to violate criteria of the UN nuclear agency," Larijani said.
"There is no legal and technical justification for the governing board to report Iran to UN Security Council when Iran is closely cooperating with the agency and respecting IAEA Safeguards Agreement," Larijani said in a strongly worded letter to ElBaradei.
Resumption of Research and Development (R&D) in Iranian nuclear agency in no condition can justify Security Council referral.
R&D is being carried out under IAEA Safeguard Agreement and cameras of the UN agency are monitoring them, so the EU Troika should not be allowed to exploit the UN nuclear agency for ill-intentions.
Larijani said that reporting Iran nuclear program to Security Council will be interpreted by Iran that all the cooperation Iran has made with the agency has got nil.
Reporting Iran to Security Council will mean that the Charter of IAEA is not being respected by the EU Troika and the guarantee Iran has given to IAEA by signing Additional Protocol to Non-Proliferation Treaty in December 2003 has got nil.
Larijani called on ElBaradei to direct the current situation to a fair route to save prestige of the UN nuclear agency and prestige of the member states as well.
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