Soltanieh: ElBaradei's report includes only Iran's file record
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Vienna, Feb 8, IRNA
Iran-Nuclear-Soltanieh
An Iranian top nuclear figure said here Wednesday that the letter, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohammed ElBaradei has sent to the UN Security Council through the UN Chief, includes only the file record of Iran's nuclear case.
Iran's IAEA envoy Ali-Asghar Soltanieh told IRNA that as long as the IAEA chief's report has not been presented to the Agency's March meeting and has not been investigated by the Board, the UN Security Council should not adopt anything.
The IAEA spokeswoman told IRNA on Wednesday that the documents related to Iran's nuclear program, including all the Board resolutions and all ElBaradei's reports, have been addressed to the UN Security Council.
ElBaradei has sent the report on a call by the EU3 after recent Board meeting in Vienna.
Asked on the consequences of reporting Iran's nuclear
case to the UN Security Council, Soltanieh said that the Council's maximum call from Iran would be requesting the country to continue cooperation with the IAEA to solve the remaining issues.
He said majority of states, including China and Russia, had in the course of the recent IAEA Board emergency meeting in Vienna stressed that Iran's nuclear case should remain within the Agency's framework.
The NAM group of states had also in their statement raised the condition that the issue should not go beyond the Agency, he added.
Soltanieh added that due to the same reason, the maximum the Security Council can do is to stress Iran's growing cooperation with the Agency because countries such as China and Russia oppose the UN Security council get engaged in the issue by taking executive measures.
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