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ElBaradei admits transparency of Iranian program, calls for resolving remaining issues

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, April 13, IRNA
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Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei said on Thursday that Iran has proved its nuclear program is transparent and his visit to Tehran aims to resolve the outstanding issues between Iran and the agency.

Asked by IRNA English desk reporter whether there was political reason behind the delay in verifying the civilian nature of Iranian nuclear program, he said Iran has proved transparency of its program and "I've come to Tehran to discuss with Iranian officials to resolve the remaining issues in the way of verifying Iranian nuclear program."
Elaborating on the outstanding issues, he said that Iran needs to continue confidence-building for a specific period and "I conveyed the request of the international community to Iran to suspend enrichment for a specific period."
ElBaradei said that Iran would clarify its decision within two weeks ahead of my report to the UN Security Council.

Asked why despite three years of intensive examination of Iranian nuclear sites, the UN nuclear agency did not verify the civilian nature of Iranian nuclear program, he said, "We have done our inspection works. No diversion has been found and Iran has the right to enjoy nuclear energy."
"But, What I'm insisting is that Iran should not deal with the matter emotionally. The request is that Iran suspend uranium enrichment for a specific period for confidence-building with the international community."
"I hope we will have good cooperation in future with Iran if Iran helps resolve the remaining issues on the table," ElBaradei said.

Asked whether the IAEA was not weakened by reporting Iran to the UN Security Council, he said the agency is just like a member state of the international community and the Security Council relegated the remaining issues to be settled by the agency itself.

"I'm pleased with Iran's readiness to hold dialogue to resolve them."

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