Soltanieh calls his US counterpart to debate on Iran's nuclear case
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Vienna, Sept 14, IRNA
Austria-Nuclear-Soltanieh
Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali-Asghar Soltanieh here Thursday invited the US envoy to IAEA, Gregory Schulte, to debate on Iran's nuclear activities.
Addressing the IAEA Board of Governors meeting, he declared his readiness to debate with Schulte in a meeting to be attended by all board members to fully review all technical, legal, security and political aspects of Iran's nuclear activities.
"Such a meeting will provide the opportunity to clarify baseless charges against Iran and prove that Tehran is a victim to discriminatory approaches and double standards.
"The world should be aware that the US refers to `sanction' as a `diplomatic' way, which is similar to its unilateral military attack on Iraq launched as `multifaceted diplomacy'," he added.
Soltanieh stated that referral of Iran's nuclear dossier to the United Nations Security Council was not due to deviation of its nuclear program from peaceful path, but was rather based on political reasons and quite ridiculous.
The Iranian envoy said that since its establishment, the IAEA has never been undermined to such an extent, urging that before losing its remaining reputation, its members should think of way out of the current situation.
Turning to the ongoing talks between Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and the European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana, which is generally welcome, Soltanieh expressed his surprise over Schulte's remark about Iran and the US hostile approach in raising unfounded accusations against the country.
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