IAEA has found no diversion in Iran nuclear program, Soltanieh
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Vienna, Sept 14, IRNA
Iran-IAEA-Board of Governors
Iranian Ambassador to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh said on Thursday that the agency has found no diversion in Iranian nuclear program and that the case has been forwarded to the Security Council by political influence of a certain state.
He told a meeting of Board of Governors that Iranian nuclear program is in line with Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and Safeguards Agreement of NPT and there was no ground for its referral to the UN Security Council.
Soltanieh said that some 2,000 man/day robust inspections have been made on Iranian nuclear sites which indicated that Iran has exercised full cooperation with the UN nuclear agency.
"The results of IAEA intrusive inspections on Iranian nuclear rights has been presented to the Board of Governors several times so far," he said.
On Iran's respect for Safeguards Agreement of NPT, Soltanieh said that cameras of the IAEA installed on all Iranian nuclear sites are monitoring them.
"Iran is currently enriching uranium at Research and Development (R&D) level in the context of the NPT," he said.
He made clear that political motivations were behind the Security Council referral of Iranian nuclear program which has undermined professional credibility of both IAEA and NPT.
Soltanieh said that Iran has considered the package of incentives presented by the Group 5+1 (five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany) last July and the current negotiations between Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani and the Foreign Policy and Security chief of the European Union Javier Solana (in Paris) has been focused on the package.
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