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Vaeidi: Guarantees do not imply suspension of uranium enrichment

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, Feb 19, IRNA
Iran-Nuclear-Vaeidi
Deputy head of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) for international affairs, Javad Vaeidi said here Sunday that the European have always called for halting Iran's enrichment process under the guise of 'guarantee' which is regarded as an historical blunder of the Europeans.

He added that the Iranian nation, intellectuals and public opinion have come to realize their intentions and believe that the issue shall not be interpreted as guarantee.

On a question about why the Europeans do not ask IAEA to obtain guarantees from Iran, he said if the IAEA is to solve the issue through legal means, they should take action on the basis of international protocols which will entail Iran's extensive cooperation.

"In talks in New York and on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the European side called for Iran to be deprived of fuel cycle but we are to achieve our legitimate right step by step," he underlined.

Article 8 of the IAEA Board of Governor's resolution issued on February 4 stipulates that the IAEA director general should provide a comprehensive report to the UN Security Council along with the resolution to be issued by the IAEA in March, in which it should stipulate that Iran has taken required measures to remove shortcomings to this end.

"We have discussed and solved various issues with the IAEA which should all be mentioned in the upcoming report by (IAEA Director General Mohammad) ElBaradei and in case the resolution is prepared on the basis of this and avoids taking a politicized stance, the issue would merely be referred to the UN Security Council and there is no room for the body to take any action against us," he said.

Another prediction is that if they wish to create crisis, they would exert pressure on IAEA's director general to issue fabricated and ambiguous information on Iran's peaceful nuclear activities to create a much more tense atmosphere against Iran, he said.

It is not unpredictable that they would try to create a much more tense circumstances to report Iran's dossier to the UN Security Council, he pointed out.

On Russian proposal, he said "We have made some amendments in line with our national rights and interests which will be announced in the upcoming meeting with Russian side," he concluded.

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