Iran letter to IAEA, a turning point in cooperation: Asefi
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, April 30, IRNA
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Iran on Sunday said its latest letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was a turning point in its cooperation with the agency.
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani, in a letter sent to the IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Saturday, said if Iran's nuclear dossier remains within the IAEA and under its Safeguards Agreement, Tehran is ready to help resolve the remaining issues within the framework of the latest comprehensive report provided by ElBaradei dated March 2006.
Talking to domestic and foreign reporters at his weekly press conference, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi said, "We are ready to have the highest level of cooperation with the IAEA, if the Board of Governors and the agency undertake that the Iranian case would be taken up by the agency."
Asefi stressed Iran's letter to the IAEA will increase the capacity of the agency for more activities.
He added, "From the day the decision is made that Iran's case would be reviewed at the IAEA, we will present the agenda of our cooperation with the IAEA within three weeks.
The spokesman said, "Iran's possible pullout of the
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is not the question at the moment.
"Our measures will be in proportion to the performance of the opposite side. If the opposite side acts rationally, Iran will act accordingly.
"If the IAEA sends Iran's case to the Security Council and the council makes decisions on Iran, Tehran will define and regulate its cooperation with the agency according to the decisions." 2327/1414
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