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IAEA report indicates urgency to return to talks: Asefi

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, Sept 1, IRNA
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Iran on Friday said Thursday report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohammad ElBaradei on its peaceful nuclear case was another indication of the country's broad cooperation with the agency and stressed the importance of resuming talks.

"The report proved the urgency of return to negotiations," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi said.

He added, "A major part of the report included Iran's broad cooperation with the IAEA and its inspectors.

"The report well indicated that Iran has carried out its responsibilities within frameworks of international regulations, the Safeguard and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

"The report also showed that as Iran has repeatedly announced, it is ready to continue the path of cooperation and negotiation with the IAEA."
Asefi said, "Iran's nuclear activities are transparent, obvious and peaceful with no ambiguity which can be settled easily through negotiations.

"Despite pressures of the United States and misinformation of certain circles, the IAEA report showed that any hasty and illegal measure with political motivation should be prevented through following up logic."
He stated, "The US officials intend to misuse the report in line with their political goals by their unilateralism and political motivation."
The spokesman reiterated Iran's readiness to continue talks with the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council -- China, Russia, Britain, France and the US -- plus Germany (Group 5+1).

"The Islamic Republic of Iran believes fair and acceptable outcomes will be achieved just through negotiations and respect for Iran's inalienable rights," he said.

In a report, released on Thursday, the UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohammed ElBaradei confirmed Iran's full cooperation with the watchdog.

In a six-page report, released at the International Atomic Energy Agency's Vienna headquarters on Thursday, ElBaradei said Iran's peaceful nuclear activities have been based on the nuclear safeguards and under complete supervision of the Agency.

The report also referred to Iran's facilitating the IAEA inspectors' overall access to all its nuclear facilities and equipment as well as related documents.

It emphasized that the IAEA will continue investigation into all the remaining issues on Iran's nuclear activities.

Copies of the report were made available to the 35-nation IAEA Board of Governors as well as the UN Security Council.

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